Germany has delayed Georgia's bid to get EU visa-free travel in a political decision to be closely watched in Ukraine and beyond. Germany, supported by France and Italy, said No to the move at an EU ambassadors' meeting in Brussels on 8 June. They did it the same day that Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili was in the EU capital to lobby for a Yes.
EUobserver: Germany blocks Georgia’s EU visa bid
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili speaks during a press conference after his meeting with his Latvian counterpart in Tbilisi on Nov. 26, 2014.
