Budapest – The leaders of France, Germany, and Poland known as on Thursday to “conduct speedy and clear investigations” in Georgia on the “quite a few irregularities” reported throughout the parliamentary elections of October 26, whose outcome the pro-European camp denounces.
“If Georgia doesn’t change course by demonstrating concrete reform efforts (…), we won’t be able to help the opening of accession negotiations to the European Union with this nation,” state President Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk in a joint assertion, earlier than assembly in Budapest for a European summit.
The vote was received by the Georgian Dream social gathering, in energy since 2012 and accused by its detractors of a pro-Russian conservative and authoritarian drift and of desirous to distance Georgia from the European Union and NATO, which it denies. The Kremlin rejected the accusations of interference. The EU and america have talked about “irregularities” and requested investigations. (November 7, 2024)
