Bruce Bucknell

I wonder whether the government can continue
to pursue a European path for #Georgia while
becoming more authoritarian.

When the moment comes to decide
on #EU accession, I hope the decision
can be democratic and that
others accept #Georgia's decision.

5/5

01.11.2024 15:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Speaker: 90% of Association Agreement to be completed by 2028, moving closer to EU membership - 1TV “We have already fulfilled a significant portion of the Association Agreement and are on track to complete 90% of it by 2028, thereby bringing us substantially closer to EU membership,” wrote Shalva P...

Yet, Georgian government statements,
before and after the election, about
their progress towards EU membership,
remind me of some statements made by the then
government of Ukraine in the early 2010s.

4/5

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01.11.2024 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Britain, we would call some of the messaging
in #Georgia's election campaign as “project fear”.
I can’t blame anyone from wanting to avoid
a repeat of #Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine.

3/5

01.11.2024 15:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Georgia’s elections marred by an uneven playing field, pressure and tension, but voters were offered a wide choice: international observers TBILISI, 27 October 2024 –While voters were offered a choice between 18 candidate lists and candidates could generally campaign freely, Georgia’s parliamentary elections were marred by entrenched pola...

The joint observer statement about
the parliamentary elections in #Georgia
sums up what observer groups saw, including
good use of technology to allow smooth voting;
but:
it was not a fair
(in their words: “uneven”) contest.

www.osce.org/odihr/electi...

2/5

01.11.2024 14:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m grateful to have been an observer
with the ODIHR/OSCE mission for
the parliamentary elections in #Georgia
that took place on 26 October.
It was a joy to return to such a lovely country.

1/5

01.11.2024 14:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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17.08.2024 15:07 — 👍 33    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 0

Migrating from X:
not simple but needed to
lower blood pressure.

Love #haiku

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