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Rally in support of Georgia’s European integration underway in Tbilisi

Organisers have announced that participants of the ongoing rally plan to stay in front of the Parliament overnight. Photo: Euronews Georgia/Facebook.

Agenda.ge, 03 Jul 2022 - 21:32, Tbilisi,Georgia

Civic activists, citizens, students and members of domestic opposition parties are gathered at a rally in support of Georgia’s European integration in capital Tbilisi, after the demonstration was called earlier by the civic movement Shame.

The protest is held outside the Parliament building on the city’s central Rustaveli Avenue, with citizens from various regions joining the gathering.

Photo: Euronews Georgia/Facebook.

Shame movement called for the formation of a “technical interim government of national accord” that would be tasked with implementing the 12 recommendations issued by the EU for Georgia to receive the candidate status later this year.

Organisers have announced that participants of the ongoing rally plan to stay in front of the Parliament overnight.

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