Economic Press Monitor

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“We decided not to put the issue of opening negotiations with the EU on the agenda until the end of 2028”, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze declared on November 28.

Actually, the process of Georgia’s accession to the EU is de facto suspended by decision of the European Council because of anti-democratic actions of the Georgian Dream, the article says.

“It happens exactly what we were afraid of: isolation instead of Europe”, posted Michael Roth, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at German Bundestag regarding the Georgian government’s decision to suspend opening of negotiations on accession to the EU until 2028. “The ruling party is destroying the future of Georgia”, he noted.

The protest charge, somewhat calmed down after the parliamentary elections in Georgia (October 26), suddenly erupted on November 28, the newspaper says. The decision of the Georgian Dream to suspend opening of negotiations with the EU on accession until 2028 caused protest rallies.

After Georgia’s Prime Minister announced the suspension of start of negotiations on accession to the EU until 2028, centers of protest of self-organized citizens appeared throughout Georgia, Tabula reports.

At a project rally in Tbilisi, Georgia’s Interior Ministry detained 43 people and opened an investigation on charges of assault against a police officer and damage to other people’s property.