Suchergebnisse

Georgia initialed in November 2013, the summit of the eastern partnership in Vilnius an Association Agreement with the EU. It underlined that the South Caucasus republic remains strongly oriented to the west after Saakashvili. At the same time, the Alliance seeks Georgian Dream, since 2012 in power, a restructuring of relations with Russia. This could have an impact on the EU. Adapted from the source document.

The presidential elections in Georgia on October 27 will be a watershed in one important sense: Georgia will cease to be a presidential republic and become a parliamentary one, with new responsibilities vested in the prime minister's office. The new constitutional arrangement will curb the power of the president. Pre-election comment abroad has focused on the contradictory figure of the current prime minister -- and Georgia's richest man -- Bidzina Ivanishvili. He burst on to the political scene in 2011, forming the Georgian Dream coalition that defeated President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement in parliamentary elections last October. Ivanishvili, however, is not running for president and has promised to resign as prime minister by the end of the year. The rationale for this decision is perhaps that it is one of the few steps that can cure Georgia of its 'Messiah complex', the excessive speculations placed in one strong leader. Adapted from the source document.