Georgia rejects foreign political influence, parliament speaker says

Georgia’s Parliament has pushed back against foreign involvement in domestic politics, with Speaker Shalva Papuashvili emphasising that the country is not a colony to be managed by outside powers.

Speaking on the issue of international grants funding political activities in Georgia, Papuashvili criticised what he described as unilateral actions by foreign entities. He questioned who authorised such financing without the consent of the Georgian people and called for public consultation on whether these interventions truly serve national interests, Caliber.Az reports per Georgian media. 

“The main principle on the grants issue is that if they’re spending money of a political nature in Georgia, kindly ask the Georgian people. We are not anyone’s colony for them to arrange everything as they see fit,” Papuashvili said.

Papuashvili specifically highlighted the European Union, claiming that EU-funded initiatives, including the controversial “Molotov cocktail campaign,” incited violence and were presented as beneficial by external actors—raising concerns about their impact on Georgia’s stability and sovereignty.

By Sabina Mammadli