Speaking to a formal sitting of the European Parliament, Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, told MEPs his country was committed to the path of reform, integration with Europe, the peaceful resolution of the issues of South Ossetia and Abkhazia – and to working for better relations with Russia, which he said had imposed an economic blockage on Georgia.
Eiropas Parlaments uzskata, ka daudzvalodības veicināšana plurālistiskā Eiropā ir būtisks kultūras, ekonomiskās un sociālās integrācijas faktors, kas uzlabo pilsoņu prasmes un veicina mobilitāti.