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The court ruled that President Ramaphosa had failed to comply with the law, which required him to order an investigation into objections to Misuzulu's accession.

He was not even sure if the US would join Germany in celebrating the 70th year of its accession to Nato in the summer.

Protests were spurred again at the start of December when it said it would be putting EU accession talks on hold.

"Because Maia Sandu can talk about EU accession. But what use is that if people don't have money for electricity or gas?"

But in November, the country's ruling party said the government would not seek EU accession talks until 2028.