Georgia’s outgoing president wants the European Union to press her country’s pro-Russia government to hold a new election.
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Demonstrators hold portraits of activists injured during protests as they take part in an anti-government rally outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, left, attends an anti-government rally outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.
The EU granted Georgia candidate status for membership in December 2023, but put the accession bid on hold and cut financial support in June afteron Georgian diplomats and government officials. They also weighed a list of Georgian representatives to impose sanctions on, but no agreement could be reached.
“If we are honest, Europe so far has not fully lived to the moment. Europe has, so far, met the challenge halfway,” she said. “Where Georgians have been fighting day and night, Europeans have been slow to wake up and slow to react.”Mikheil Kavelashvili became Georgia’s new president on Saturday as the governing party tightened its grip on power following an election in October that the opposition alleges was rigged with Russia’s help.
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