Financial times: the West has disappointed Georgia and pushed her to Russia
West shows less commitment to integration with Georgia than disenfranchises the citizens of the country, writes.
in September last year at the NATO conference in Cardiff Georgia was not offered a plan of action on membership in the Alliance. For its part, the European Union until not wish to simplify the visa regime with the country, And the advantages of Association with the EU ordinary Georgians have not felt.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili believes that the drive towards integration with the West should not ask the Georgians And Western leaders.
"World politics has taught me that the smaller the country, the fewer the rights to disappointment, - explained His position Usupashvili.- We should delete the word "disappointment" from your vocabulary ".
However, the Georgians feel the disappointment, writes the FT. This feeling, for its part, provides an opportunity to increase Russian influence.
"From the West We need the carrot. There is a sense that we are trying, but nothing happens. And Russia is already here, " says the political scientist Eka Metreveli.
The national democratic Institute (NDI) released data sociologicheskogo research, according to which membership in the Eurasian Union priority 31% of Georgian citizens - twice more than the year before.
The conflict in Ukraine, underlines FT, changed the attitude of the Inhabitants of Georgia to Russia.
"most Georgians consider Europe weak And indecisive. And Putin looks strong man who gets things done. And citizens think And what are the benefits of Europe? Way, it's so hard to resist Russia ", - says political scientist Gia Nodia.
Played a role And victory in the 2012 elections, the coalition " Georgian dream ", which is committed to Western integration, And to the restoration of relations with Moscow.
The lifting of the ban on the import into the Russian Federation of a number of Georgian subjects contributed to the growth of the economy. In addition, the Georgian farmers began to see a much more promising market in Russia, not the EU.
Georgian politicians And experts also emphasize the strengthening of Pro-Russian political groups, such as the " Eurasian choice - Georgia ". This coalition of NGOs has about 16 thousand people.
in opinion of analysts, the Pro-Russian party is likely to win the election in 2016. However, they can form a sufficient minority to oversight by Parliament is not passed into the hands of Pro-Western parties.
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