Georgian top lawmaker declares EU “no longer exists” as geopolitical actor

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has said recent events in Venezuela demonstrate that the European Union no longer exists as a guarantor of international order or as a global geopolitical actor.

Papuashvili made the remarks in a statement published on his social media account, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

“The operation in Venezuela, which lasted only a few minutes, confirmed that the European Union, as a guarantor of international order and a global geopolitical player, no longer exists and, it seems, will never exist again,” Papuashvili wrote.

He further claimed that the developments revealed Brussels’ willingness, when necessary, to exploit violations of the global order for its own benefit. According to Papuashvili, the EU would not hesitate to take advantage of such situations and attempt to derive political gains from them.

“Our supporters are people who want peace and prosperity in an independent and unified Georgia. Every word and action of corrupt Georgians who glorify foreigners only confirms that only ‘Georgian Dream’ can achieve this goal, and that no one and nothing will be able to prevent us from achieving it,” he said.

Papuashvili also stressed that the Georgian authorities’ two main and unwavering priorities remain the restoration of the country’s territorial integrity and the well-being of the Georgian people.

In his remarks, the parliament speaker criticised a group within Georgian society whom he said the public had once again observed in recent days. He described them as individuals who “first longed for the events of the 2013–2014 Maidan in Kyiv and the subsequent change of power, then for developments in Nepal — the protests of Generation Z and the resignation of the prime minister — and now for Venezuela.”

According to Papuashvili, these are people who “love someone else’s flag,” have lost hope of public support, cling to expectations of assistance from external forces, and dream of “bombs of democracy” and “missiles of liberalism.”

By Vafa Guliyeva