EU demonstration held in Georgia

People took to the streets in Georgian capital city of Tbilisi after Georgia wasn’t granted European Union (EU) candidate country status. Thousands of people participating in the protest organized by non-governmental organizations at 08:00 pm local time, closed the capital’s main street Shota Rustaveli to traffic. In the demonstration organized with the slogan “Towards Europe”, the protesters wave the Georgian and EU flags, also sang the anthems of Georgia and the EU. Representatives of opposition parties and university students also took part in the rally. The organizers, who made a speech at the demonstration, accused the government of not doing enough for Georgia’s EU candidate status and demanded the establishment of a Government of National Reconciliation in the country, along with the resignation of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.