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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210305-153925-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/rule-of-law-georgia/ The Rule of Law in Georgia - What can the EU leverage? Zedelashvili, Davit eng 2021-03-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarianism Georgia judicial independence Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On March 1, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, visited Tbilisi to witness Georgia’s rapid descent into authoritarian rule, after an opposition politician was detained under questionable circumstances. The EU institutions’ experience of handling rule of law crises at home should inform its neighbourhood policy. Somewhat paradoxically, in this respect, the EU has greater leverage in its neighbourhood countries, like Georgia, than it has towards its internal problem states.