Leaders of opposition parties meeting with British, German, French Ambassadors

A meeting with leaders of opposition parties is being held at the British Embassy in Georgia.

British Ambassador to Georgia Gareth Ward, German Ambassador to Georgia Barbara Voss and French Ambassador to Georgia Olivier Courteaud are attending the meeting.

Badri Japaridze from Strong Georgia-Lelo, Irakli Pavlenishvili from the United National Movement (UNM), Giga Bokeria from the Federalist Party and Nika Gvaramia from the Coalition for Change are meeting with the ambassadors.

The topic of the meeting is a constitutional lawsuit regarding the banning of five opposition parties.

The subject of the dispute in the Constitutional Court is declaring unconstitutional the activities of political parties (Unity – National Movement; Coalition for Change Gvaramia Melia Girchi Droa; Strong Georgia – Lelo, For the People, For Freedom!; Federalist Party; Gakharia for Georgia) and banning them.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia will hold a hearing on the lawsuit seeking to declare the activities of five political parties unconstitutional and to ban them on 21, 22 and 23 October 2026.