This happened, by the way, the day after the Feast of Saint Christiana, the Patroness of Georgia.
(Zoltán Kottász/The European Conservative) — Hungary and Slovakia have vetoed a proposal to impose EU sanctions on Georgian officials in response to a crackdown on protesters.
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The leftist-liberal elite in Brussels has been adamant in trying to punish the ruling conservative party in Georgia, an EU candidate country, ever since it ruled out following the EU line on Russian sanctions. Georgia has also drawn the ire of Brussels for adopting a law that aims to safeguard traditional family values by outlawing same-sex marriage, adoption by same-sex couples, and the promotion of LGBT ideology in schools.
The ruling party, Georgian Dream, which has been in power for the past twelve years, won the parliamentary elections at the end of October against a coalition of so-called “pro-EU” parties, prompting Brussels to call the vote illegitimate, even though international observers—while mentioning alleged violations—did not find any substantial evidence for the elections being rigged.
At the end of November, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze halted the country’s EU membership bid until the end of 2028, after EU lawmakers condemned October’s parliamentary election result and demanded a rerun. He called Brussels’ move a “shameful and offensive blackmail” and “woke overreach” in Georgia’s domestic affairs.
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Her is some Georgian music to celebrate:
