Tensions rise in Georgia following protests against the government's suspension of talks to join the EU, resulting in hospitalizations and a call from EU lawmakers for a new parliamentary vote.
Forty- Four people have been hospitalised during protests in Georgia against the government suspending talks to join the European Union.What's next?
An effigy of the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili — a shadowy billionaire who made his fortune in Russia — was burned in front of the legislature. Mr Kobakhidze also dismissed the US State Department's statement Saturday that it was suspending its strategic partnership with Georgia.Authorities said 27 protesters, 16 police and one media worker were hospitalised."You can see that the outgoing administration is trying to leave the new administration with as difficult a legacy as possible. They are doing this regarding Ukraine, and now also concerning Georgia," Mr Kobakhidze said of the US.
Speaking to The Associated Press on Saturday, Georgia's pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili said that her country was becoming a "quasi-Russian" state and that Georgian Dream controlled the major institutions. The government's announcement that it was suspending negotiations to join the EU came hours after the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticising last month's vote as neither free nor fair.
Police clashed with pro-EU protesters in Georgia's capital Tbilisi after the ruling party said it would suspend talks on European Union accession until 2028. They used used water cannons, pepper spray and tear gas, injuring journalists in the process.
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