EU Report Notes ‘Significant Backsliding’ of Georgia’s Democracy, Reduced Ties With Tbilisi - Civil Georgia

2025 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World

This year’s EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World is looking back at a year that has been remarkable for the persistence and variety of conflicts, and for widespread shifts away from an international rules-based order to one based on autocratic power, where self-interest takes precedence over solidarity.  There is a stark contrast between current geo-political trends and the achievements recounted in this year’s EU Report on Human…

EU Report Notes ‘Significant Backsliding’ of Georgia’s Democracy, Reduced Ties With Tbilisi - Civil Georgia

The European Union’s annual report noted “severely curtailed” human rights in Georgia while drawing attention to reduced bilateral political contacts and dialogue between Brussels and Tbilisi amid what the document described as “significant democratic backsliding.” The EU Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World, published on August 11, contains two documents, with one of them focusing on individual countries, including Georgia. The doc…