Shalva Papuashvili calls Marta Kos’s statement unqualified

The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, assessed the statement by the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, who noted that countries wishing to join the European Union should sever ties with Donald Trump's MAGA movement. According to Papuashvili, the EU's foreign policy is so unqualified that such statements can no longer be taken seriously. 1TV+4

According to Papuashvili, the European Commissioner's call for candidate countries not to have relations with the US administration is an ultimatum issued to sovereign countries. He also said that this statement was made specifically for Serbia to hear, where elections are being held in October and a conference is planned. 1TV+4

The Speaker of Parliament noted that this is an attempt to interfere in the elections in Serbia, just as, according to him, Brussels interfered in the 2024 elections in Georgia using "Russian methods." In Papuashvili's assessment, a European value is respect for the sovereignty of another country, which today's Brussels is trampling upon. 1TV+3

Marta Kos, at an event of the Centre for European Policy Studies, stated that the EU should not risk creating attitudes among future members that contradict the organization's long-term interests. Interpressnews