Borrell urges Georgia to scrap anti-LGBTQ bill
Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell on Wednesday urged Georgia to withdraw a "family values" bill denounced as curbing LGBTQ rights, warning that it further harmed the country's chances of joining the bloc, AFP reported.
The law adopted by Georgia's parliament would increase "discrimination" and "stigmatisation", the European Union's foreign policy chief posted on X.
"I call on Georgia to withdraw this legislation, further derailing the country from its EU path," Borrell wrote.
The EU has already warned Georgia's government that its membership bid has been "de facto halted" as it advances a string of measures that run counter to European values.
In a vote boycotted by the opposition on Tuesday, lawmakers from the governing Georgian Dream party voted 84 to 0 to approve the bill, which has to be signed by pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili, or -- if she refuses -- by the parliament's speaker.