You cannot wish a happy New Year to someone from whom the old year has been taken through manipulated elections and mass-arrest waves, as Ia Antadze, a former journalist of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, reminds us. With such thoughts, we bid farewell to the past 365 days and greet 2026 with anxiety and apprehension. Georgia’s pro-European society, deeply shaken by internal political upheavals, is demanding change yet sees no clear way forward.
For a society navigating a rocky, uneven, and dangerous path, one thing is necessary to find stability: a return to the European family and the EU integration path. Despite this clarity, much remains uncertain—especially given the ineffectiveness of a unified Georgian civil protest, which is not ready to offer alternatives to today’s challenges.
This episode of the podcast will explore the purpose of the “Georgian Charter”—a symbolic attempt to unite the pro-Western opposition—and the role of society in a reality where trust in political parties has been deeply eroded.
The author emphasizes the importance of an alternative, society-driven political force that could reshape Georgian politics and put the country back on the EU path.
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Georgia finds itself in a unique political impasse today, one that has disrupted the nation’s historical pattern of power transitions. Despite significant social unrest, the Georgian Dream administration maintains control through a combination of administrative leverage and a distinct political vacuum. The core of the crisis lies in the absence of a viable alternative. Consequently, the ongoing protests must serve to consolidate opposition forces. This is essential to restoring public confidence in the country’s development and returning Georgia to its Western orientation.