Shalva Papuashvili

It is shameful that they have such a narrow political goal, to somehow bring Natsebi [opposition United National Movement party] into power, and are ready to sow resentment within society and introduce radicalism… I am disappointed by…

The last sentence of [the EU’s statement] is mockery, claiming that this is freedom of expression and that they take care to protect Georgian cultural heritage.

It is therefore important that Brussels return to the path of dialogue. We have always expressed our readiness for this, and we hope we will have the opportunity to restore dialogue with various EU institutions.

We are still waiting for this dialogue to be restored. It is important that member states also work with EU institutions and convince them that the answers lie not in confrontation and conflict, but always in dialogue.

In today’s turbulent world, when it is very easy to find pretexts for confrontation, striving for dialogue and finding the points that unite us rather than divide us takes on particular importance.

The best way to address the European Union’s currently weakened geopolitical and economic positions is to step up the game and enlarge to strategically critical geopolitical areas — the Balkans and the Black Sea.

The candidate countries must be seen as participants in the enlargement process, not its objects.

It is hypocrisy when, on the one hand, the European Parliament condemns the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, while on the other hand it attempts to decide the question of the legitimacy of Georgia’s government instead of the Georgian…

The European Parliament refuses to recognize Georgia’s sovereignty over its entire territory.

They have ultimately crossed the red lines set by the Georgian people.