In November, the informal meeting of the European Council in Budapest will discuss further steps in relations with Georgia after the parliamentary elections, the results of which did not recognize the opposition due to "numerous falsifications". This was reported by the Chairman of the European Council Charles Michel on the social network X.
Michel noted that he plans to include Georgia's issue in the agenda of the meeting, given the preliminary estimate of elections from international observers. The Euro Council also calls on the Central Election Commission of Georgia and other relevant bodies to investigate the likely violations during voting.
He stressed that the European Union repeated its call to the Georgian government to demonstrate "the unwavering devotion of the country's European course." The decision on further steps in relations with Georgia will be made on the basis of the results of the investigations.
It should be reminded that on October 17, a new summit of the European Council was held, during which it was announced on the actual stop of the Georgia accession process to the European Union.
On October 26, a parliamentary election was held in Georgia. Exit, conducted after the closure of the precincts showed various results, and the previous turnout was approximately 60%. The opposition refused to recognize the election results. According to the CEC, the ruling party "Georgian Dream" received 53.92% of votes (1 118 836 votes). Georgia President Salome Zurabishvili also refused to recognize the results and called for protests.
