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EU calls for 'calm and restraint' after Georgia vote

A protester wearing a gas mask stands next to a burning barricade during an opposition rally on the day of local elections in Tbilisi, Georgia 4 October, 2025. © Irakli Gedenidze / Reuters

The European Union called on authorities in Georgia to ensure the right to protest, after the government accused opposition movements of trying to launch a coup during controversial elections.

"We urge calm and restraint in the post-election period and call on the authorities to uphold citizens' rights to freedom of assembly and expression," the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said in a joint statement.

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