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European Ministers Condemn Georgia's Threatened Democracy and Dissent

7/12/2025

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Seventeen European foreign ministers united in a powerful statement, voicing their alarm over Georgia's faltering democracy. They condemned the politically charged arrests of opposition leaders and the escalating crackdown on dissent. These actions, they warned, jeopardize Georgia's democratic progress and its ties with Europe, promising to take decisive measures to confront the crisis.

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Seventeen European foreign ministers united in a powerful statement, voicing their alarm over Georgia's faltering democracy. They condemned the politically charged arrests of opposition leaders and the escalating crackdown on dissent. These actions, they warned, jeopardize Georgia's democratic progress and its ties with Europe, promising to take decisive measures to confront the crisis.