Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : An overwhelming majority of Georgians back the country's path to the EU and it is part of the constitution.
52% : "I am out in the street together with my whole family trying somehow to tear out this small country out of the claws of the Russian empire," one protester told the Associated Press.Georgian Dream has become increasingly authoritarian in recent years, passing Russian-style laws targeting media and non-government groups who receive foreign funding, and the LGBT community.
51% : When Zourabichvili became president in 2018 she was endorsed by Georgian Dream, but she has since condemned their contested election victory in late October as a "Russian special operation" and backed nightly pro-EU protests outside parliament.
45% : But in November, the country's ruling party said the government would not seek EU accession talks until 2028.
41% : It refused to join Western sanctions on Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and called the West the "global war party", making a mockery of its stated aim of joining the EU and Nato.

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