You will be victorious and we will enter the European Union together."One of the demonstrators, 20-year-old university student Kote Tsintsandze said: "Georgia's fate is hanging by a thread. These elections will decide if we can finally break free from Georgian Dream's dictatorship.

A large rally in support of Georgia's accession to the European Union was held in Tbilisi's Freedom Square on Oct. 20, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election scheduled for Oct. 26.

By Ailis Halligan and Liza Zhvania in Tbilisi Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Georgian capital on the evening of October 20 for a pro-EU rally, less than a week before crucial parliamentary elections in the South Caucasus country.

On Sunday in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, thousands of people took part in a march under the slogan "Georgia chooses the European Union". The demonstration included the participation of the country's pro-Western president,