Georgia’s government recently decided to suspend EU accession negotiations until 2028. As protests against the decision raged in Georgia, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed the EU’s openness to the country’s potential membership.
Heavily contested parliamentary elections in Georgia, presidential elections and a referendum on European Union membership in Moldova: both countries were closely watched by the EU with an eye to enlargement, but took different turns towards that goal. At the same time, the votes were allegedly stained by Russian interference.
Georgia has been an EU accession candidate since 2023 and citizens’ support for accession recently polled at 89 percent. With a new Russian-style “foreign agent law” the EU path of the Caucasus country just got rockier.
Georgia’s parliament has adopted its controversial “foreign agents” law, despite intense protests in the country. EU and NATO officials, including two European Commissioners, also heavily criticised the law.