Georgian hopes for European integration have taken successful: on 28 Might, the extremely controversial draft legislation in opposition to “overseas brokers” was lastly adopted by the Georgian parliament. The textual content, which obliges NGOs and impartial media to register as “pursuing the pursuits of a overseas energy” if greater than 20 p.c of their funding comes from overseas, provoked a number of weeks of demonstrations within the nation.
The invoice was actually deserted over a 12 months in the past, however made a comeback in April 2024. It was then vetoed by President Salomé Zourabichvili (Impartial), in a largely symbolic resolution, which pro-Russia oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili’s ruling Georgian Dream (KO, populist) get together has now overruled.
Neither the specter of US sanctions, nor the prospect of undoing years of effort in direction of Georgia’s accession to the European Union, have dampened the bulk’s spirits. It must be famous that the legislation has a twin curiosity: copied from a Russian textual content, it alerts an ideological and political rapprochement with the Kremlin, whereas additionally, for some, making ready the bottom for the October 2024 legislative elections.
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