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All sides claim victory in Georgia's election which could take it toward EU or into Russia's orbit (apnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Competing exit polls meant the outcome of the vote was still unclear immediately after voting ended but all polls suggested the ruling party Georgian Dream would come first. That does not mean it will be able to form a government, as multiple opposition parties have previously said they would work together to form a coalition.

The pre-election campaign in the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million people which borders Russia was dominated by foreign policy and marked by a bitter fight for votes and allegations of a smear campaign. The outcome of the election will determine whether Georgia gets back on track to EU membership or embraces authoritarianism and falls into Russia’s orbit.

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I genuinely hope to see a coalition in power, but on Instagram (from @rferl 's page - they don't seem to be that active around here anymore), I saw that the Georgian Dream is leading in the polls, with 53% 🙁

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

welp looks like there's going to be "definitely peaceful non-weaponary and not meant to overthrow" money sent to georgia from the cia....

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't Ukraine having similar discussions and elections about 15 years ago....

Hard to make the call as to whether now is a good time to move closer to the EU from a risk of invasion perspective, when they are currently already in a war with Ukraine and busy, or if the ramped up war machine makes it even riskier.