In a speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday 18 December, Georgia’s pro-Western President Salomé Zourabichvili criticised Europe’s slow response and called on it to do more to tackle the political crisis in her country.
Georgia, a former Soviet republic, has been in crisis since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in the parliamentary elections of 26 October. The government, accused of pro-Russian authoritarian excesses, decided at the end of November to suspend...