Thousands of protesters flooded the streets surrounding the Georgian Parliament to voice their objection to the ruling party's decision to suspend EU-accession talks.
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00:00Thousands of Georgians have protested outside the parliament in Tbilisi after Prime Minister
00:06Irakli Kabakidze announced the suspension in the country's EU accession bid.
00:13There were clashes between police and protesters, with officers using water cannons and deploying
00:18right teams to quell the unrest.
00:21Kabakidze's decision to stop accession talks until 2028 came just hours after the European
00:28Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting the country's election results, citing major
00:33irregularities.
00:35But the people of Georgia are determined to continue making their voices heard until their
00:40demands are met.
00:41They are going against Georgian people's will and they want to drag us back to USSR, but
00:47that will never happen, because Georgian people will never let this happen.
00:52The European Parliament said the country should rerun its election under international supervision
00:57within a year.
00:58The bloc also announced a cut in budgetary support to Georgia, a measure lawmakers say
01:04could be detrimental to the country.
01:06They will not receive any funding from EU, which means that they will block 100 million
01:12devoted to Georgian civil society and media.
01:15They're going to suffocate whatever pockets of freedom are left in this country.
01:20Kabakidze accuses Brussels of blackmail and says his government will work to implement
01:25the necessary reforms to resume accession talks.
01:29He said that by 2028, Georgia will be the most prepared country among all candidates
01:35to join the bloc in the year 2030.