EIB must tighten oversight of Georgia’s East–West Highway projects amid authoritarian crackdown
Briefing | 26 October 2026
Georgia has been in authoritarian freefall since spring 2024. In response, the European Investment Bank (EIB), in line with the EU’s position, has not issued any new sovereign loans to the country. However, the Bank still holds a significant active portfolio there, including the East-West Highway (E60) road projects, in which it has invested a total of almost EUR 250 million. In this brief we document several of the environmental and social costs that the Bank has failed to account for.
Institution: EIB
Theme: East-West Highway
Location: Georgia
Project: Georgia’s East–West and North–South road projects: Counting the true costs of highway expansion
Tags: Development banks | EIB | Georgia | human rights
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