Georgia's parliament drops 'foreign agents' bill


  • World
  • Friday, 10 Mar 2023

FILE PHOTO: People take part in a protest demanding the government formally denounce the "foreign agents" bill, outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia's parliament on Friday dropped plans for a "foreign agents" bill that had triggered a political crisis and threatened to harm the country's bid for closer ties with Europe.

Lawmakers voted against the legislation in the second reading on Friday after the ruling Georgian Dream party pulled its support for the bill following three nights of protests in the capital Tbilisi.

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