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European Parliament ratifies Georgia deal


The European Parliament today ratified a political and trade agreement between the European Union and Georgia, the last of three similar agreements with neighbours on Europe’s eastern borders.
The association agreement was approved by 490 MEPs and opposed by 76, with 57 parliamentarians abstaining.
The main opposition came from the far-right – including France’s National Front – and the hard-left MEPs, together with the UK Independence Party. A similar pattern of voting was evident when the European Parliament endorsed agreements with Ukraine in September and with Moldova in November. The opponents included a number of British and German conservatives who broke ranks …read more

Source: European Voice

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