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Without moral transformation, political changes to laws and leaders would be impermanent and vulnerable to backsliding.

That would be a good sign for Harris, who hopes women's anger at Trump, the Dobbs decision and democratic backsliding will help propel her to be the first woman elected as president.

Ultimately the protests failed and the EU froze Georgia's bid to join the 27-country union, accusing it of democratic backsliding.

The European Union has responded by freezing Georgia's bid to join the EU, accusing it of "democratic backsliding".

Georgians overwhelmingly back joining the European Union, but the EU froze that process this year amid stinging accusations from Brussels that the government was backsliding on democracy.