TBILISI (Reuters) - The European Union may consider temporarily suspending its visa-free regime with Georgia if an Oct. 26 parliamentary election in the EU candidate country is not free, fair and peaceful, the bloc's ambassador to Tbilisi said on Friday.

"All options are on the table" if Georgia does not reverse its trend toward authoritarianism, "including the potential temporary suspension of the visa liberalization scheme," a spokesperson for the European Commission told Politico.

The European Union may suspend the visa-free regime for Georgian citizens. This would be a response to the anti-democratic actions of the Georgian government and its anti-Western rhetoric, according to Politico.

By Karol Badohal WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said on Friday a pledge worth 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the European Union to help the country recover from its worst flooding in at least two decades may not be enough to cover its losses.

The leaders of four countries hit by Storm Boris will meet Thursday in Poland with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss aid for the flood-hit region. The death toll from the storm which has hit central and eastern Europe in recent days rose to 24 on Wednesday and some areas are still under threat from rising waters.