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Keeping Georgia on the EU-Enlar­­ge­ment Agenda: Visit of Geor­gian Civil Society Repre­sen­ta­tives to Brussels

3. Juni - 5. Juni

Veranstaltungsort

Brussels
, Brussels
Veranstaltungs-Website

Back­ground

As Georgia faces its most serious poli­ti­cal crisis since indepen­dence, the country is rapidly sliding (or has already slid) into autho­ri­ta­rianism under the current ruling party – the Geor­gian Dream. The adop­tion of repres­sive laws—including legis­lation inspi­red by the Russian “foreign agents” model, Ame­ri­can FARA, new media regula­tions, and new laws curbing the human rights, inclu­ding freedom of speech and assembly—signals an open crack­down on civil society, media, poli­ti­cal oppo­si­tion, and pro-Euro­pean voices. This backsli­ding threa­tens not only the country’s demo­cra­tic fabric but also its Euro­pean future. This also firmly places Georgia in the Russian orbit.

In this cri­ti­cal moment, a group of leading Geor­gian civil society repre­sen­ta­tives will visit Brussels to brief key EU insti­tu­tions, poli­ti­cal groups, and part­ners about the situa­tion on the ground. The dele­ga­tion, orga­ni­zed by the Center of Liberal Moder­nity and the Konrad Ade­nauer Stif­tung Euro­pean Office brings tog­e­ther diverse exper­tise and net­works, unified by a shared com­mit­ment to demo­cra­tic values and the defense of Georgia’s Euro­pean path.

Purpose

The purpose of the visit is to provide EU stake­holders with a timely and accu­rate brie­fing on the deepe­ning poli­ti­cal crisis in Georgia, marked by the ruling party’s autho­ri­tarian drift and escala­ting repres­sion against inde­pen­dent voices. The dele­ga­tion will focus on the impli­ca­tions of recently adopted dra­co­nian laws tar­ge­ting civil society, media, and poli­ti­cal opponents—legislation that threa­tens to dis­mantle Georgia’s demo­cra­tic founda­tions and derail its Euro­pean inte­gra­tion path.

Parti­ci­pants

  • Marie­luise Beck, Senior Fellow, LibMod
  • Khatia Kika­lish­vili, Program Direc­tor, Eastern Part­ner­ship, LibMod
  • Sergi Kapa­nadze, Co-Founder, Georgia’s Reforms Asso­cia­tes (GRASS)
  • Tina Khida­sheli, Founder, Civic IDEA
  • Nino Chach­ava, Coordi­nator EU Inte­gra­tion, Civil Society Foun­da­tion (CSF)
  • Saba Braj­veli, Human Rights Program Manager, Civil Society Foun­da­tion (CSF)