'More than 80% of Georgians want to go to Europe, join NATO,' MP tells Newsweek. 'Politicians who openly support Russia get no more than 2-3% of the vote here.'
"The law in its current form risks having a chilling effect on civil society and media organizations, with negative consequences for the many Georgians benefiting from their work," Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said in a statement released on March 7."This law is incompatible with EU values and standards. Its final adoption may have serious repercussions on our relations.
A protester sits on a bench with bandages covering his eyes near the parliament building in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia on the evening of March 7, 2023. Security services forces used teargas in an attempt to disperse the crowds, which were demanding that a Russian-style"foreign agent" bill under review in parliament be rejected. After the initial protests were met with water cannons and tear gas fired by riot police, the number of demonstrators on the street increased.
Still, on March 2, the president reminded the proposed law's supporters that Georgia's aims of accession to the European Union and NATO were enshrined in the country's constitution. On Tuesday, March 7, after the end of the legal session, Mamuka Mdinaradze, a member of Georgian Dream, suggested that rather than putting off further discussion until March 9, as had previously been planned, parliament should take up the issue later that evening.
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