Alarming regression: Berbok demanded that the EU deal with Georgia

The European Union should discuss the official suspension of the process of Georgia's accession to the bloc due to the increasingly authoritarian policy of the Georgian Dream. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok.

According to her, granting Georgia the status of a candidate for EU membership in December 2023 was due to "clear promises of reforms," but "instead of progress, we see an alarming regression." Tbilisi's policy does not correspond to the interests of the majority of Georgian residents, who "want their country to continue following the European path," the minister added.

"With its anti-European course, the Georgian Dream deliberately froze the process of Georgia's accession to the European Union and thereby actually suspended it. The EU should now also discuss the official suspension of Georgia's accession process due to the increasingly authoritarian policy of the Georgian Dream," Berbok said, quoted by the DW* Main telegram channel.

As reported by EADaily, the West lost interest in Georgia after abandoning the Ukrainian scenario, Georgian Dream Secretary General and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said.

"Unprecedented pressure was exerted on our country and the authorities to act not in the interests of our country, the peaceful future of the population, but taking into account the interests of other large countries, which constituted clear risks to the security of our country," Kaladze said.

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