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Papuashvili Questions EU Membership Benefits If Unanimity in Decision-Making Is Abolished

By Civil.ge

Georgian Dream Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili questioned the benefits of European Union membership if the bloc abolishes the unanimity principle in decision-making, a move he said major powers appear to be seeking and which would be “catastrophic” for smaller states, arguing that staying outside the EU could even be more “advantageous” for them. In a …