It took six months, but several of Georgia’s opposition parties have reluctantly signed a European Union-brokered deal that ended their protest against the ruling Georgian Dream party. The agreement comes after a protracted dispute over accusations by the opposition that Georgian Dream rigged last October’s parliamentary elections and was leading the country back into authoritarianism. But the two biggest opposition parties, the United National Movement (UNM) and European Georgia, refused to accept the deal, making an end to the political deadlock uncertain.
