Visit any government building in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and you will find two flags hanging proudly outside: those bearing the national emblem of Georgia and the starred circle of the European Union. To some outsiders, such a display seems odd. Georgia isn't even a member of the 27-country bloc. But it desperately wants to be.
A collective triumph
Even taking the federation's fiscal woes into account, the EU represents progress for the nations living under Russia's shadow.
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