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Georgian PM blasts EU for visa ‘blackmail’ as election crackdown looms

The Georgian government will not back down in the face of European Union opposition to its plans to outlaw the entire parliamentary opposition and ban LGBTQ+ activism if it wins an all-important election next month, the country’s prime minister has vowed.

https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-prime-minister-irakli-kobakhidze-eu-visa-free-travel-agreement-election-democratic-backsliding-rule-of-law/