Hungary and Slovakia Veto EU Sanctions Against Georgia
Brussels’ leftist-liberal elite has been determined to punish the country’s ruling conservative party.
Brussels’ leftist-liberal elite has been determined to punish the country’s ruling conservative party.
This was the first time the head of state was elected by the parliament and not by direct vote.
The only thing the country has rejected is Brussels’ “shameful and offensive blackmail,” PM said.
The Hungarian PM said the people of Georgia have prevented their country from becoming a “second Ukraine.”
EU warns election outcome could have consequences for country’s EU accession path.
Brussels has threatened to derail the country’s path to the EU if it doesn’t do as it is told.
The referendum, held alongside the presidential election, saw a slim majority in favour of EU integration.
The EU’s foreign affairs chief threatened Tbilisi by saying that failure to withdraw the law would “derail” the country’s accession process.
Recent efforts to punish Georgia risk precipitating, rather than deterring, the country’s drift toward Russia.
The sovereigntist, anti-liberal government is being attacked by the West for a law which resembles similar ones throughout the West.