Have the article learn by OpenAI (Beta). Please observe that AI translations might take a while to course of.Tbilisi (dpa) – Tens of 1000’s of individuals within the Black Sea republic of Georgia have demonstrated for nearer ties with the European Union only a week earlier than a vital parliamentary election.
Below the slogan “Georgia chooses the European Union,” they gathered at numerous places within the capital, Tbilisi, and marched to a concluding occasion at Freedom Sq. on Sunday.
They waved the flags of the EU and Georgia and performed the European anthem. “We wish to be part of the EU, and our present authorities isn’t serving to with that,” mentioned a demonstrator.
The occasion is backed by a number of non-governmental organizations. Opposition flags had been additionally prominently seen. The professional-European President Salome Zourabichvili was current on the occasion.
Georgian parliamentary election subsequent Saturday
A parliamentary election is scheduled for this coming Saturday in Georgia, which many describe as historic.
The get together in energy since 2012, Georgian Dream, advocates a renewed rapprochement with Russia and is criticized within the West for its anti-European stance.
Just lately, it has handed legal guidelines just like these in Russia, together with one for tighter management of civil society and restrictions on the rights of homosexuals and different sexual minorities.
The professional-Western opposition hopes for a victory within the election however is split. It was solely on the finish of 2023 that Georgia turned an EU candidate nation. The EU accuses the Georgian management of an anti-Western course and has put the method on maintain. (October 20)
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