European Council President Charles Michel, who arrived in Georgia shortly after the government and the opposition signed the EU-proposed agreement, has left for Brussels on Wednesday morning.

After a meeting with Georgian President Salome Zourabicvili yesterday, Michel said he is happy Georgian political parties have come to an agreement.

“Today marks the start of hard work that will take Georgia forward along its Euro-Atlantic path,” Charles Michel stated.

With @Zourabichvili_S and all leaders after reaching the agreement on the way out of the political crisis.

Today marks the start of hard work that will take Georgia ?? forward along its Euro-Atlantic path.

This achievement is yours.

Now the challenge is to make this work. pic.twitter.com/lsX58soIdC

— Charles Michel (@eucopresident) April 20, 2021

The ruling Georgian Dream party, as well as opposition parties, including Lelo for Georgia, Citizens, Republicans, Strategy Agmashenebeli, Girchi, and Girchi – More Freedom signed the renewed EU-backed compromise paper earlier this week.

Several current and former members of the United National Movement and European Georgia have also signed the agreement individually, however, other representatives of both parties as well as the Labour Party rebuff to sign the document yet.

Charles Michel’s new proposal implies electoral and justice reforms, offers a pardon for all violations and convictions stemming from the 19-21 June 2019 protests and the conduct of repeat parliamentary elections in 2022 if the ruling Georgian Dream party fails to receive at least 43 % of votes in upcoming municipal elections.

For the record, Georgian opposition parties that won seats in the Georgian Parliament of the 10th Convocation believe the 2020 parliamentary elections were a fraud. They have been demanding repeat parliamentary elections and the release of the United National Movement Chair, Nika Melia, and the co-founder of the TV channel Mtavari Arkhi Giorgi Rurua.

The second EU-mediated attempt to solve political crises in Georgia failed. EU mediator Christian Danielsson proposed a solution to political actors on March 31.