Georgians rally to demand government resignation over EU failure

Georgians have staged a new mass rally demanding the government resign over its failure to formally secure candidacy for membership of the European Union.

On Sunday evening, more than 35,000 demonstrators gathered outside Georgian parliament, blocking traffic at the main thoroughfare of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

"Our demonstration is focused on the historic goal of Georgia's European integration," one of the rally organisers, prominent writer and civil activist Lasha Bugadze told the crowd.

"The government's reaction to our constructive, peaceful, non-violent protests has been totally inadequate," he said.