Political Crisis Could Thwart Georgia’s Bid For EU Membership

On May 10, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili formally handed over a seven-volume tome to the European Union’s ambassador in Tbilisi, Carl Hartzell. Together with another weighty document submitted a week earlier, they represent the Georgian government’s answers to the 2,600-point EU questionnaire covering the state of the country’s politics, economy, and institutions and are meant to help assess its readiness to start the process of accession to the bloc. Now, over the coming weeks, the European Commission will prepare…