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Tbilisi Accuses EU Of Political Interference After Damning Enlargement Report
Georgia’s government has reacted angrily to a critical assessment from the European Union over the country’s backsliding on democratic reforms on the way to joining the bloc, accusing Brussels of interfering in domestic affairs.
The European Union's report on enlargement, published this Tuesday, November 4, warns against an unprecedented authoritarian drift in Georgia. Democratic setbacks orchestrated by the ruling party, the Georgian Dream, are major: dismantling the rule of law, political control of institutions, imprisonment of opposition leaders... The EU ambassador in Tbilisi, Paweł Herczyński, speaks of a "destructive" diagnosis. In Brussels, it is considered that…
Georgia says European Commission report reviewing Tbilisi’s EU accession process ‘biased’
‘We condemn all attempts directed towards using the issue of EU accession as a political instrument, which harm the relations between the EU and Georgia,’ says Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı
Once a year, the EU Commission evaluates the pace of reform of the candidate countries. Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania receive praise for their efforts this year. Serbia is different, but the sharpest criticism is directed at Georgia.
Georgia has gone backwards in bid to join EU, bloc's envoy says after 'devastating' report
TBILISI - Georgia has gone backwards in its bid to join the European Union, an EU diplomat said on Tuesday after what he called a \"devastating\" update from Brussels on its membership prospects. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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