With 495 votes, 73 against, the European Parliament adopted the resolution “On the decline of democracy and threats to political pluralism in Georgia”.
With a draft resolution, the European Parliament calls on the European Union to freeze aid to the Georgian government, sanction Bidzina Ivanishvili and the persons responsible for the decline of democracy, and establish the compliance of anti-democratic laws with visa liberalization criteria.
The draft resolution calls on the Georgian government to stop the campaign of intimidation of opponents and anti-Western disinformation, to impose sanctions on Russia, to release ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili on humanitarian grounds, and to ensure a peaceful transfer of power based on the results of the elections.
Read more about the resolution:
Draft resolution: EP expects a peaceful transfer of power from the “Dream”