Journalists injured as Georgian police clash with protesters against EU application delay

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "The South Caucasus country of 3.7 million has the aim of EU accession written into its constitution and has long been among the most pro-Western of the Soviet Union's successor states.
56% : Opinion polls show that around 80 per cent of Georgians support EU membership, and the bloc's flag flies alongside the national flag outside virtually all government buildings in the country.
55% : The EU gave Georgia candidate status in December 2023, but has said that a raft of laws passed since by Georgian Dream, including curbs on "foreign agents" and LGBT rights, are authoritarian, Russian-inspired, and obstacles to EU membership.
34% : Thousands of pro-EU protesters had blocked streets in the capital before the altercations began.
34% : Earlier on Thursday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists that EU membership might harm Georgia's economy, as it would require Tbilisi to cancel visa-free agreements and trade deals with other countries.

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