nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210305-153925-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210305s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210305-153925-0 doi eng 342 23 Zedelashvili, Davit Author aut (orcid)0009-0006-6450-4912 The Rule of Law in Georgia - What can the EU leverage? Zedelashvili, Davit Verfassungsblog 2021-03-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Georgia judicial independence Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/rule-of-law-georgia/ raw object