"The vote in the first reading will take place next Thursday," the source said.
Also on Thursday, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission reached an agreement on emergency suspension mechanisms to be triggered in case of overwhelming migration from the third countries. Such an agreement has been among the conditions raised by the Council of the European Union for liberalization of a visa-regime for Ukraine and Georgia. The European Parliament should vote on the issue, while the Council should approve it.
In November, the Council of the European Union took a preliminary decision on visa liberalization for Ukraine. Country's President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the decision and called on the European Union to complete the process of granting the visa-free regime for Ukraine without any further delay.
The proposal for the visa waiver for Georgia was issued by the European Commission on March 9 since the country met the conditions for the visa requirement exemption. On July 7, the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also recommended to grant visa-free travel to the residents of Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo. The process was then delayed by negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council on the visa suspension mechanism.
