Georgia is experiencing a highly tense political phase. Despite its historic ties with Russia, it has for several years expressed a clear aspiration toward the West, culminating in its official recognition as a candidate country for the EU in 2023.
In recent months, the ruling party, Georgian Dream, seems to have reversed course: after bringing Georgia closer to the EU, it seems to have adopted a pro-Russian line, made evident with the passage in 2024 of the controversial law on “foreign agents”.
The October 26, 2024 parliamentary elections, won again by the ruling party Georgian Dream, were disputed by the opposition and declared fraudulent by President Salome Zourabichvili.
After the announcement of Georgian Dream to suspend the procedure for admission to the EU for 4 years, the protests resumed with greater intensity, but were often brutally repressed by the police.
Many young Georgians and others are fighting for new, fair elections and a future in Europe.