European Georgia — Movement for Liberty

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European Georgia – Movement for Liberty ევროპული საქართველო – მოძრაობა თავისუფლებისთვის
Chairman	Giga Bokeria
Secretary-General
Chairman of the Political Council	Gigi Tsereteli
Founder	Giga Bokeria
Founded	13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)
Split from	UNM
Headquarters	Tbilisi, Barnovi str. 40
Ideology	Liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (observer)
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
Colours	Navy blue and red
Parliament	5 / 150
Municipal Councilors	18 / 2,068
Website
europeangeorgia.ge
Politics of Georgia Political parties Elections

European Georgia (Georgian: ევროპული საქართველო, evropuli sakartvelo) is a political party in Georgia founded in Tbilisi in January 2017, primarily by prominent former members of the United National Movement. From 2017 to 2021 the party was chaired by Davit Bakradze.^[1] Since 2021 Chairman is Giga Bokeria who was chairman of the political council from 2017 to 2021.

History[]

The party holds seats in the Parliament of Georgia as a result of the 2016 parliamentary election, in which its members ran as part of the opposition United National Movement (UNM). After an internal disagreement, a significant part of the UNM parliamentary caucus and leadership (including Giga Bokeria, Sergi Kapanadze and Elene Khoshtaria) broke away.^[2] The breakaway entity took the largely unknown legal vehicle of a previous party whose leadership included Nugzar Tsereteli's own son, Gigi Tsereteli, and had previously run in coalition with the UNM. The breakaway faction in the Parliament initially renamed itself to European Georgia, before choosing the name of Movement for Liberty-European Georgia during a presentation by Davit Bakradze on January 30, 2017. On the same date party leader Gigi Ugulava was named interim secretary general, in place until a party conference could be held.^[3][4]

The party held its first convention on May 27, during which they elected Bakradze as chairman of the party, Ugulava as secretary-general, and approved the party's name as European Georgia - Movement for Liberty.^[5]

Founding Congress, May 27, 2017

Ideology[]

European Georgia supports free market economy and the development of economic policies that will focus on accelerating economic growth, tax cuts attracting investment, reducing unemployment and stabilizing prices. European Georgia has a stronger commitment to contesting rather than boycotting elections.^[2]

Electoral performance[]

Parliamentary election[]

Presidential election[]

Local election[]

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2017	156 232	10.4	166 / 2,043	New
2021	29 280	1.66	18 / 2,068	148

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