you represent free georgia. and this was the scene on the streets of tbillisi tonight — again, thousands of protesters took to the streets again, despite warnings from the police. they were using tear gas and water cannon last night. we arejoined by dr tinatin akhvledian, from the centre for european policy studies, a think tank based in brussels. welcome to the programme. the eu is considering georgia's application for candidate status, what damage could this do to the process? thank ou so could this do to the process? thank you so much _ could this do to the process? thank you so much for— could this do to the process? thank you so much for having _ could this do to the process? thank you so much for having me, - could this do to the process? thank you so much for having me, this - could this do to the process? thank you so much for having me, this is| could this do to the process? thank| you so much for having me, this is a very serious situation, he could have repercussions, it's already been stated, and so is the other statement already made by the account of the president of the european council. indeed, this comes very much not in line in these terms against the european and democratic principles that the eu is based on. so for the eu to consider georgia as