However, in late 2020 to early 2021 the party experienced a schism resulting in a vast number of its most prominent faces leaving including Bakradze.

Saakashvili subsequently accused the group of carrying out the agenda of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the de-facto leader of Georgian Dream.

[13] In the 2017 local elections, European Georgia managed to become the third largest party in the country garnering 10.4% of the nationwide vote and winning 166 council seats.

European Georgia joined all other political parties in refusing to recognize the electoral results after allegations of voter fraud surfaced, boycotting majoritarian runoffs and entering the parliament.

[20] On March 1, 2021, President of the European Council Charles Michel launched new negotiations between Georgian Dream and the opposition to put an end to the political crisis.

The party decided not to sign the deal, which caused Tariel Nakaidze to quit European Georgia and enter the parliament as an independent MP.

[25][26][27] The party subsequently signed the Georgian Charter initiated by the president Salome Zourabichvili that sets out goals for a possible future government.

[35][36] 2 days later the rump European Georgia party announced it was joining the UNM-led Unity – National Movement coalition.

[6][43] The party is additionally more fiscally right-wing than UNM supporting small government, deregulation, and privatization of industries such as healthcare.