{"id":40370,"date":"2026-05-13T06:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/40370\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:31:32","slug":"french-parliament-adopts-resolution-calling-for-pressure-on-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/40370\/","title":{"rendered":"French parliament adopts resolution calling for pressure on Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 May 2026 10:12<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The French National Assembly has adopted a resolution on Georgia criticising what it describes as the country\u2019s \u201cauthoritarian course\u201d and reaffirming support for its long-term European integration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1433043862199130&amp;set=a.294647409372120&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said <\/a>the document proposes suspending Georgia\u2019s accession process to the European Union until certain political conditions are met, including the holding of free and fair elections. It also calls for increased support for civil society groups and the introduction of targeted individual sanctions<a href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">, Caliber.Az <\/a>reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The resolution further alleges that \u201cGeorgia is being used as a \u2018platform to circumvent international sanctions against Russia,\u2019 and calls on the EU to take this circumvention into account when preparing the next package of sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While the measure was adopted by lawmakers in the National Assembly, it is not legally binding. European resolutions adopted under Article 88-4 of the French Constitution serve as political positions rather than enforceable law.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHowever, they represent the Assembly\u2019s contribution to shaping France\u2019s position during negotiations in the Council or serve as a means of engaging in direct dialogue with the institutions of the European Union,\u201d the Assembly\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Sabina Mammadli<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 51<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13 May 2026 10:12 The French National Assembly has adopted a resolution on Georgia criticising what it describes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[7,13,12,258,8,11,6,10,9,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-40370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-european-parliament","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-european-parliament","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}