European Union leaders stated that Georgia’s refusal to halt repression against civil society has led to the effective cessation of its efforts to join the bloc, according to Bloomberg. “The European Council calls on Georgia’s authorities to clarify their intentions by reversing the current course of action which jeopardizes Georgia’s EU path, de facto leading to a halt of the accession process,” leaders stated in the conclusions of the summit in Brussels. The EU, which granted Georgia candidate status in December, had previously warned that the adoption of the foreign agents law would jeopard…