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Submitted by georgiamedia on Wed, 16/12/2009 - 19:20
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Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF versionMikheil Saakashvili's regime has been given a clear warning that their behaviour over the elections in Tbilisi is being watched closely by the European Union and that an unfair election will have negative consequences for Georgia's relationship with the EU and prospects of economic integration with the rest of Europe.
Video downloadable from here (multiple language tracks), or below (unfortunately only in Spanish)
Speaking to the European Parliament on the evening of 15 December outgoing external affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner said that Mikheil Saakashvili's pledge of a "second wave of democracy" was welcome but that the changes proposed for electoral law in Georgia were "inadequate" and also made it clear that the EU wishes to see the Georgian government take a more flexible approach it its behaviour towards the breakaway and Russian occupied territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Most speakers in the debate endorsed the commissioner's position, though a number said Georgia could not be expected to meet the standards demanded of it when its territory was under Russian occupation.
Update: You can download the speech via bit torrent too
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