Georgia‘s ruling party has reversed its plans to introduce a controversial law that would require any media outlet or NGO with more than 20% of its funding coming from abroad to register as “foreign influenced agents”: a similar legislation to the existing one in Russia that had unleashed massive protests in recent days. Protesters accuse the government of taking an authoritarian turn and bowing to Moscow, moving away from Georgia‘s aspiration to join the EU. Now the majority party “Georgian Dream” claims that the law has been “distorted” and has promised to hold public consultations before passing it. Even so, the opposition assures that protests will continue as long as there are doubts that Georgia is moving away from Europe and the West.
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