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Loss of confidence in Saint Mary's leadership | SaltWireBERLIN - Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday appealed to his visiting Georgian counterpart to withdraw a planned law on foreign influence, increasing pressure from the European Union over the legislation.
"Our criticism remains the same as last time and we hope the law will not be passed," Scholz said on Friday at a joint news conference with Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia's prime minister since February."We believe Georgia does not need such laws." Kobakhidze said that his Georgian Dream party's proposal merely gave the government the right to look at foreign-funded NGOs' accounts once a year."The NGOs that are acting on behalf of their funders have the aim of influencing political developments in Georgia. They have twice tried to change the government not through democratic votes but through street protests.
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