EU candidate’s accession process ‘de facto halted’ – Brussels

Georgia’s bid for membership depends on how citizens vote in next week’s general election, the EU’s top diplomat has said

The European Council has accused Georgia of taking a course that “jeopardizes” its path to membership of the bloc and “de facto halts the accession process”.

The post-Soviet country formally applied for EU membership in March 2022, but recently adopted a number of policies that have drawn outrage from Western nations ...