A bitter standoff over Georgia's next president has led to more protests, deepening the country's political crisis. On Saturday, Pro-EU demonstrators rallied outside parliament to protest the appointment of former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili, forcing authorities to postpone the switch on of Christmas lights. The incumbent president says she won't step down until new elections are held.

00:00 Georgia in crisis
00:24 DW's Grzegorz Szymanowski reports from Tbilisi
04:08 DW speaks with Tinatin Khidasheli in Tbilisi. She is chair of the Georgian think tank Civic IDEA and also served as Georgia's defense minister from 2015 to 2016. Her party The Republican Party of Georgia was in a coalition with the Georgian Dream.

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