Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, which begs the question of why the ruling party feels so secure.

Eighty percent of Georgians want to join the European Union, so how can the government be so confident it will hold onto power by spurning Brussels and seemingly deliberately torpedoing the nation’s EU prospects?

That’s the political paradox at the heart of the crisis gripping the country.

In a sharp slap in the face to the EU, the ruling Georgian Dream party has passed Russian-style legislation that Brussels fears could be used to label media, think-tanks and NGOs with even a drop of Western funding as “foreign agents,” crimping freedom of speech.

The EU is making clear this legislation means membership is effectively off the cards, and the authorities used water cannon and pepper spray against thousands of protestersdemonstrating against it outside parliament on Wednesday night.

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    6 months ago

    The primary reason is Russian Imperialistic dream of restoring the Soviet Union.

    Reasoning that a country can invade another country just because it feels insecure is insane. Not to mention that the border would become even closer, because now Russia would be expandee.

    The baltic states are already close AF to primary population centers to have serios damage. Not to mention that Finland is also now NATO. Why didn’t Russia invade them also?