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Ad hoc Working Group on candidate countries for EU accession

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Ad hoc Working Group on candidate countries for EU accession

This Working Group was established in 2017 in order to:

  • identify best practices, successes and failures as well as exchange experiences between Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in their path of implementation of the Association Agreements with the EU;
  • strengthen and share the political analyse of the possible successes and / or obstacles encountered by the concerned Eastern Partners on that path;
  • identify the best possible solutions that can be proposed in a concerted or separate effort in order to achieve the intended goal of full implementation of the Association Agreements;
  • draw up recommendations or motions for resolution to be submitted to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, if instructed by the Bureau.
Euronest PA Rules of Procedure Art. 27.1:"...The working groups created shall continue functioning until the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly decides otherwise."

  • The Ad hoc Working Group on candidate countries for EU accession is composed of 18 Members:

    • 9 from the delegations of the Eastern European Partner countries associated with the EU (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine);
    • 9 from the European Parliament.


    As of May 2025, the group included the following Members:

    Co-Chairs:

    • Mr Nacho SANCHEZ AMOR, (European Parliament, Spain, S&D)
    • (Georgia)


    Additional Members from the European Parliament:

    • Ms Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, (Lithuania, EPP)
    • Mr Liudas MAŽYLIS, (Lithuania, EPP)
    • Mr Marcos ROS SEMPERE, (Spain, S&D)
    • Mr Bernard GUETTA, (France, Renew)
    • Mr Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, (Romania, Greens/EFA)
    • Mr Reinis POZŅAKS, (Latvia, ECR)
    • Ms Li ANDERSSON, (Sweden, The Left)
    • Ms Viktória FERENC, (Hungary, PfE)

    Additional Members from the Partner countries:

    • Mr Levan MAKHASHVILI, (Georgia)
    • Mr Vakhtang TURNAVA, (Georgia)
    • Mr Andrian CHEPTONAR, (Moldova)
    • Ms Ina COȘERU, (Moldova)
    • Ms Ersilia QATRAWI, (Moldova)
    • Mr Ivan KRULKO, (Ukraine)
    • Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, (Ukraine)
    • Ms Olena VINTONIAK, (Ukraine)

    Substitutes from the European Parliament:
    • Mr Aurelijus VERYGA, (Lithuania, ECR)
    • Mr Gerald HAUSER, (Austria, PfE)

    Substitutes from the Partner countries:
    • Ms Mariam LASHKHI, (Georgia)
    • Mr Levan MACHAVARIANI, (Georgia)
    • Ms Eka SEPASHVILI, (Georgia)

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