Following a year marked by protests over the controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ bill and broader concerns over democratic backsliding, Georgia faces pivotal parliamentary elections on 26 October. Regardless of the outcome, the results are expected to be contested as well as consequential.
In the wake of the election, experts will discuss the immediate and longer-term consequences.
Key questions:
- These were the first fully-proportional elections in Georgia. How much difference did it make
- What will the election results, as we currently understand them, mean for Georgia’s path to European integration? How will they affect Georgia’s foreign policy priorities?
- What role should the EU play? Is Georgia a test case for the EU as an aspiring geopolitical power?
- Is the oligarchic grip likely to be tightened or loosened? What role for undue influence now?
- Has Russia done all it can for now in Georgia? Or is there more it can do?
