The government’s decision to suspend its bid for European Union membership has driven thousands of protesters into the streets.

Protesters used fireworks against riot police in Tbilisi late on Saturday as they gathered across Georgia for a third straight night of demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.

Thousands of people took to the streets in Tbilisi on Friday, November 29, for the second consecutive night to protest the government’s decision to suspend EU accession talks. Once again, protesters gathered outside the parliament in the capital,