in the meantime, the georgian dream party has l the georgian dream party has the georgian dream partyvili. what will it mean for the country and the people's hopes of joining the european union? well, the european union itself has suspended negotiations with georgia. so the european union at this stage is telling the georgian government it does not meet the requirements to join the european union. the georgian government itself has suspended negotiations with european union for years. so, it doesn't look like there will be any movement in that respect. the european union — not the european union — but some governments in the european union have imposed sanctions on the georgian government, as has the united states. but i'm sceptical as to whether the sanctions will have any impact. whether the sanctions will have any impact-— any impact. there's four main opposition — any impact. there's four main opposition groups _ any impact. there's four main opposition groups in - any impact. there's four main opposition groups in the - opposition groups in the georgia. they have resouth—wested t

we sanctioned the leader of the georgian dream party, ivanishvili, as well as other members of the government. we suspended american assistance to the georgian government. acting together with almost all of our partners in the osce, including france, we invoked the vienna mechanism through the osce to also make clear that the steps that have been taken, including legislation, that profoundly squeezes the space for freedom of expression and freedom of action by civil society -- that has to change. so i think you see a clear unity of purpose when it comes to the united states, france, many other countries faced with the very unfortunate actions of the government in georgia. foreign minister barrot: you asked me about ukraine first, and in this respect i would like to underline what antony blinken said. if -- from day one we've been supporting ukraine. if we said that we would support ukraine as long as it takes and as much as it takes, it is first of all because it is a matter of the future of international law. if we were to accept ukraine to capitulate, we would let -- we would allow force to