Rally ‘Home to Europe’ to be Held all Over Georgia and Abroad
By The Messenger Staff
Monday, June 20, 2022
Today, June 20, a rally ‘Home to Europe’ will be held in Tbilisi and the regions all over Georgia. It is scheduled to begin at 20:00 in front of the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.
‘Shame’ and other civil movements are the rally organizers. According to them, citizens gathered at the rally will be addressed by the representatives of the civil society, Ukrainian authorities, and EU officials.
At 21:00, the rally will begin marching to Europe Square, where the event will be concluded.
Shame representative Nodar Rukhadze highlighted the importance of the rally, saying that all Georgians will be awaited to join.
As he noted, the goal of this rally is for “European partners to see that the citizens of Georgia have made a European choice.”
“The June 20 rally is the most important date. This is a symbolic gathering to show our European partners that, unlike the Georgian government, the citizens of Georgia have made a European choice and are ready to abide by that choice. On this day, we forget all the differences, all the party lines that divide us, and unite around what unites us - it is a return to the Euro-Atlantic family, EU integration, a better future, freedom, peace, development, economic prosperity, and so on.
I would like to add that we are waiting for June 24, because on this day the European Union will make the final political decision on Georgia's candidate status, and this date is very important for us to defend our European choice and future once again after June 20,” Rukhadze stated.
Similar gatherings will be held in other cities of Georgia - at 18:00 in Zugdidi, at 19:00 in Batumi, and at 15:00 in Kutaisi.
Georgians are gathering in other European cities as well - London, Prague, Hanover, Paris, Budapest, Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Reykjavik, Athens, and Brussels.
