Election Rules: Parliament passed Electoral Code amendments in a first reading, 79–10, tightening the grounds for challenging final election results and removing random recounts at polling stations. Opposition Rights: The Constitutional Court is weighing Georgian Dream’s bid to ban five opposition parties. Opposition figures called the case an effort to shut rivals out of elections; separately, an appeals court reduced sentences for four people convicted in the 2025 attempted storming of the presidential palace. Regional Energy: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Türkiye and Bulgaria signed a clean-energy pact to expand transmission links, with planned capacity of 2,000–3,000 megawatts and a route for electricity exports to Europe. EU Ties: Georgia is set to skip a Brussels summit on the Middle Corridor after a dispute over delegation level. Accountability: The Public Defender urged prosecutors and the State Security Service to return jailed opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili’s phone, held for more than a year despite his case having concluded.