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Conference with Salome Zourabichvili: Georgian President makes a plea for Europe
On Monday February 18th, Sciences Po had the honour of hosting an alumni and former professor turned President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, for a 60-minute conference, three months after her election. Amid an impressive security and media coverage, the President gave her vision of the future of the country, a future which she resolutely sees in Europe. The event started with opening words from Sciences Po director Frédéric Mion, in which he introduced the audience to what he described as the President’s « unique and exceptional career« . The daughter of Georgian immigrants who fled after the Soviet invasion, she became a…