{"id":131736,"date":"2024-11-30T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T03:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131736"},"modified":"2024-11-30T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T03:42:25","slug":"georgia-rocked-by-fierce-protests-after-government-puts-eu-hopes-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131736","title":{"rendered":"Georgia rocked by fierce protests after government puts EU hopes on ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42r8wk9001j2cqb2rbq6li4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/11\/28\/europe\/georgia-suspend-eu-russia-election-intl-latam\/index.html\">Georgia<\/a> has been rocked by protests after its <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/10\/25\/europe\/georgia-election-russia-europe-intl\/index.html\">increasingly autocratic<\/a> government said it would halt the former Soviet country\u2019s bid to join the European Union.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s537a000i3b6mmp97xd5q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ruling Georgian Dream party, which claimed victory in last month\u2019s election that observers said was fraudulent, announced on Thursday that it would suspend accession talks with the EU until 2028.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s537a000j3b6m9xm13uf4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Its decision quickly sparked protests in the capital, Tbilisi, where demonstrators were heard chanting \u201cRussian slaves\u201d at police officers guarding the parliament building. Police fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters, while men wearing balaclavas were seen running into the crowds and beating individuals.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm437zd0z0009356mxeixu3ss@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Salome Zourabichvili, the country\u2019s pro-Western president whose powers are mostly ceremonial, claimed that the police \u201ctargeted journalists and political leaders.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm437uxxg0005356m40i9hnln@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The protests continued across the country on Friday night.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm437ln160000356m65mmr5ja@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Video taken by Reuters showed thousands of people taking to the streets, waving Georgian and European Union flags as they marched.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm439nnry000s356mjuzfo9hk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Georgian president also posted video of the rallies, writing on X that twice the amount of protesters were demonstrating on Friday night than Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm437lwpx0002356mfn2suhti@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s evident in every way &#8211; no one is willing to accept a Russified Georgia, a Georgia deprived of its constitution, or a Georgia under an illegitimate government and parliament,\u201d Zourabichvili wrote on X. \u201cThat\u2019s why so many of you are out here today &#8211; I see you.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4381ve6000f356mdnjom9a3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Georgian public broadcaster First Channel reported on Friday protesters had set fire to wiring on the country\u2019s parliament building and thrown objects at police officers. It also reported that police were firing water cannons at protesters, though said the demonstrators regrouped each time a water cannon was fired.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm438hqmz000k356mo1a6ga91@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zourabichvili on Friday condemned what she called \u201cbrutal and disproportionate attacks on the Georgian people and media, reminiscent of Russian-style repression\u201d at the protests.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm43938bx000q356m9bq2gyaw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese actions will not be forgiven! Those responsible for the use of force should be held responsible,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm42rfn3d00053b6mlqo81ytj@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2186675166.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186675166.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Zourabichvili confronts police holding riots shields in Tbilisi on Thursday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42r91ou00003b6mefi7jx00@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The protests are part of the ongoing fallout from the country\u2019s October 26 parliamentary election, which was seen as a referendum on alignment with Russia or the West. After years of moving closer towards Europe \u2013 and securing EU candidate status late last year \u2013 Georgian Dream has taken a sharp authoritarian turn. In May, it forced through a Kremlin-style \u201cforeign agent\u201d law, which critics say aims to shut down watchdogs who call the government to account.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000r3b6mjo51htop@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Georgian Dream claimed victory with 54% of the vote, but opposition parties claimed the election was rigged. Zourabichvili also appealed the results to the country\u2019s Constitutional Court.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000s3b6m87mm7s59@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier Thursday, the European Parliament rejected the outcome of the election and called for a re-run to be held within a year. It said the vote was \u201cneither free nor fair\u201d and was another instance of democratic backsliding in Georgia, \u201cfor which the ruling Georgian Dream party is fully responsible.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000t3b6m9862akih@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hours later, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said his government would remove EU talks from its agenda and refuse the bloc\u2019s budgetary grants until 2028, accusing some of the bloc\u2019s politicians of \u201cblackmail and manipulation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000u3b6mqchur4n7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During the election campaign, Georgian Dream repeatedly assured voters it was committed to pursuing EU membership, which polls show more than 80% of Georgians support.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000v3b6mww9ecj4l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After the vote, Nicoloz Samkharadze, a Georgian Dream politician and chair of the country\u2019s foreign relations committee, told CNN: \u201cWe are a political party that is committed to Georgia\u2019s European Union membership. In the next four years, we will continue bringing Georgia closer to the European Union.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s69kr000w3b6mh5qgbieh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has asked Samkharadze what accounts for the change in policy but did not immediately receive a response.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm42ruier00073b6mi11odmf6@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2186731571.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2186731571.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Police fire tear gas at protesters outside the parliament in Tbilisi on Thursday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s688x000p3b6mderjll75@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Protesters in Tbilisi said that, while many doubted the sincerity of Georgian Dream\u2019s commitment to joining the EU, they were shocked that it changed its course so soon after the disputed election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00113b6mro9xi6op@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ketevan Chachava, a non-resident fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), said she was surprised the mask had dropped so quickly.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00123b6m42rzeblh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is a red flag. It shows the government is ready to go much further with this,\u201d Chachava told CNN. She said she fears Georgia is \u201cbecoming a state that is non-democratic, unfree, where liberties are not respected.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00133b6md9tnouo2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tsotne Jafaridze, a winemaker who lives in Tbilisi, said the police response to Thursday night\u2019s protests was exceptionally brutal.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00143b6mjxvesovv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of protests in Georgia: during this government, the previous government \u2013 I also remember some from Soviet times. But such aggression \u2013 towards old people, towards the really young guys, towards the women \u2013 was unbelievable,\u201d he told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm42s7pdo001b3b6mod7te3oi@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2180423666.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2180423666.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of Georgian Dream, with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze after exit polls were announced in Tbilisi, October 26, 2024.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00153b6movqqujcn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Salome Khvaratskelia, a nurse, said the police had used new equipment to disperse the crowds. Shortly before the election, Georgia\u2019s interior minister announced the government had purchased several new water cannons to bolster the riot police.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00163b6mfikr1r5w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Khvaratskelia, who was hit with a water cannon, said she believed the water had been mixed with chemicals that made it feel like pepper spray. After she was hit, \u201cfor the next 15 minutes, I could barely breathe and couldn\u2019t open my eyes,\u201d she told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00173b6mueywvo4z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tbilisi has been regularly rocked by protests in recent years in response to moves by Georgian Dream, particularly over the \u201cforeign agent\u201d law, which critics say was a copy of legislation passed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00183b6m6jyz27fa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Despite this, the initial response to the disputed election was uncharacteristically muted, in part because Georgia\u2019s fractious opposition had been caught flat-footed. Politicians in the United National Movement, the main opposition party, told CNN they were shocked by the result, after polls had suggested Georgian Dream would fall short of a majority.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm42s7aqz00193b6m6u1osxyw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the government\u2019s halting of the country\u2019s EU bid appears to have sparked the protest movement into life. Demonstrations are expected to resume later Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/29\/europe\/georgia-protests-eu-membership-talks-suspended-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Georgia has been rocked by protests after its increasingly autocratic government said it would halt the former Soviet country\u2019s bid to join the European Union. 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