Brussels has said the measure is “incompatible” with Georgia’s bid for EU membership, which is enshrined in the country’s constitution.
European Council chief Charles Michel said on X, formerly Twitter, that the veto offered “a moment for further reflection.”
He called on lawmakers to “make good use of this window of opportunity” to keep Georgia on its EU path.
Georgian Dream has enough lawmakers in parliament to override the veto.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has signaled his party’s readiness to consider Zurabishvili’s proposed amendments to the law, should she lay them out in her veto document.
But the figurehead president — at loggerheads with the ruling party – has ruled out the prospect of entering “false, artificial, misleading negotiations” with Georgian Dream.
The bill requires NGOs and media outlets that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as bodies “pursuing the interests of a foreign power.”