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Georgia has been actively tidying up its reputation to help improve its chances for EU candidacy. The country has a successful development record and growth averaged four per cent annually between 2011 and 2021. The economy expanded by 10.4 per cent in 2021 after a 6.8 per contraction in 2020.
Essential information and facts about Georgia: Capital
Tbilisi
Total Area Population Median age
Ethnic Groups Currency
69,700sqkm 4,935,500 38.6 years
Religion Catholic (58%), Muslim, Orthodox, Christian
Orthodox (official), Muslim, other
Languages Georgian (87%), Azeri (6.3%), Armenian (4.5%), other Iaris (GEL)
Government type Semi Presidential Republic Chief of State President Salome Zourabichvili (since 2018)
Head of Government Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (since 2021)
Unemployment
Elections President elected by popular vote for five-year term (eligible for second term). Next election October 2024. Prime Minister nominated by Parliament. 20.6%
Tourism 9.3m (2019) the strings’ of subsequent Prime Ministers.
For example, he selected his successor Irakli Garibashvili, who later resigned in 2015, and was followed by Giorgi Kvirikashvili who served until 2018 before a fall out with Ivanishvili. Kvirikashvili was replaced by Mamuka Bakhtadze until Irakli Garibashvili returned to the fold and was voted in as current Prime Minister in 2021.
Concerns over the Georgian Dreams led government came to a head in 2019 when Georgians took to the streets to protest, and this caused some top level resignations and electoral reforms for the next parliamentary elections
Te party gained back some popularity during P64 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS
2020 due to its swift action involving Covid. However further protests over elections that year emerged again after a court ordered the arrest of Nika Melia (UNM leader) for his participation in the 2019 protests.
When Bakhtadze stepped down, Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia stepped in although he then resigned to stop his own officials from executing the decision he disagreed with, fearing an arrest would escalate tensions in the country and in February 2021 Irakli Garibashvili returned to serve as Prime Minister. Melia was arrested the next day.
Garibashvili has been active recently in calling for EU member candidacy for Georgia alongside Ukraine and Moldova who seek the same status.
Georgia has implemented various reforms including media freedom, rule of law and democracy consolidation and with the Ukraine invasion says integration in Europe is crucial.
Te application was signed in March, however at the end of June EU leaders decided to defer Georgia’s application for membership pending political reforms. Mass protests have gripped the nation since calling for the resignation of the government over its failure to formally secure candidacy for EU membership.
Georgia has been actively tidying up its reputation to help improve its chances for EU candidacy. Te country has a successful development record and growth averaged four per cent annually between 2011 and 2021.
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