Georgia
Georgian opposition parties announce alliance and ‘common strategy’ to end Georgian Dream rule
The parties within the alliance have a history of grievances with each other.
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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Three Georgian opposition parties unite ahead of election
Three Georgian opposition parties — Ahali, Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom, have announced that they will run a joint list for October’s parliamentary elections. The party’s leaders made the announcement at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that they would campaign together. The new grouping will be listed in the 26 October parliamentary elections under the number 4. Gvaramia set out three principles behind the grouping: Georgia’s membership of Western society, non-cooperation with the ‘regime’
European Georgia
Concert in Tbilisi in support of imprisoned foreign agent protester
A concert has been held outside the Georgian Parliament in support of Lazare Grigoriadis, the first and so far only protester against the aborted foreign agent law to be criminally prosecuted. Saturday evening’s concert, which was organised by the European Georgia party and several affiliated groups, saw several hundred people gather outside parliament. It included performances from well-known local acts, including pop singer Stephane Mgebrishvili and rock groups Dagdagani and the Loudspeakers
Analysis
Datablog | Who’s to blame for Georgia’s EU candidacy debacle?
As Georgian officials ramp up their anti-Western rhetoric, recent CRRC Georgia data suggests that most Georgians are uncertain who to blame for the country’s failed European Union membership bid. On 17 June 2022, the European Commission decided not to grant Georgia EU candidate status, unlike Ukraine and Moldova. In its memo, the Commission recognised the country’s ‘European perspective’, while pointing at an extensive list of issues it needs to address before its candidacy bid is re-examined.
2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian opposition groups finalise electoral pact for Tbilisi candidates
A group of Georgian opposition parties has announced a joint list of majoritarian candidates to compete in the electoral districts of Tbilisi in October’s parliamentary elections. While candidates will formally represent their own parties, the parties that have signed up have agreed not to field candidates opposing each other in a bid to mobilise voters against the ruling Georgian Dream party. Shalva Natelashvili, Labour Party leader and the group’s majoritarian candidate in Tbilisi’s Nadzal
European Georgia
Georgia transforms electoral system ahead of October parliamentary elections
Georgian lawmakers have voted in favour of constitutional amendments to change the country’s electoral system to a more proportional one. In the amendments’ third and final reading on Monday, MPs voted 117 to three in favour of the reforms, just two more than the 115 votes needed. The bill was supported by the ruling Georgian Dream Party, the opposition Alliance of Patriots, and dozens of independent MPs who have left Georgian Dream since the 2016 elections with various grievances. Two op
2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Dispute over ‘political prisoners’ put Georgia’s electoral reforms in doubt
As anti-coronavirus measures in Georgia ease, a dispute over the release of opposition politicians and activists threatens to undermine a deal to reform the electoral system before October’s elections. Parliamentary opposition parties European Georgia and the United National Movement (UNM) have warned that they will not vote in favour of the reforms unless three imprisoned opposition figures are released. In a statement on 13 May, a board opposition coalition including European Georgia and U
