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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9575

9 January 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
Despite shortcomings, EU welcomes Georgian presidential elections

Brussels, 08/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EU has congratulated Georgia on the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections on 5 January, and noted the preliminary findings and conclusions of the International Elections Observation Mission. The Mission concluded that the elections were in essence consistent with most international commitments, although there were some identified shortcomings (allegations of intimidation and pressure during the campaign, and weaknesses in the vote-counting...

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