Papuashvili Condemns EU Resolution, Calls MEP's Actions 'Fascist'
By Liza Mchedlidze
Friday, July 11, 2025
Speaker of GD Parliament Shalva Papuashvili sharply criticized the latest resolution passed by the European Parliament, singling out Lithuanian MEP Rasa Jukneviciene for "contradictory and offensive behavior". His comments follow the European Parliament's adoption of a resolution critical of the Georgian government.
"It's a laughable moment that Rasa Jukneviciene, in her draft resolution, first called on the opposition to participate in the elections, and the next day, she introduced an amendment urging the opposition not to participate in the elections," Papuashvili told journalists. "These are the kinds of people that this 'Aka-Tsuka' opposition has idolized, as if they were members of some religious sect and Rasa Jukneviciene were their high priest."
Papuashvili went further, accusing Jukneviciene of making what he described as fascist remarks directed at Georgian citizens.
"What can you make of Rasa Jukneviciene's statement when she makes fascist remarks against the Georgian people? Let me remind you, she said that the issues with Europe are the fault of the Georgian people who vote for 'Georgian Dream.' This is a blatantly fascist statement, singling out a group of citizens based on political affiliation," he said. "When a person makes fascist statements against the Georgian people, disinformation is a minor offense in comparison."
Referring again to the resolution, Papuashvili said it contained "absurd elements," including a mention of recognizing 5th President Salome Zourabichvili's legitimacy seven years after her election.
"They've already turned the European Parliament into something resembling the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Now, do they want to start a 'Brezhnevization' process?" he asked. "They want to recognize someone elected seven years ago, whose term has long expired, as legitimate."
Commenting on Jukneviciene's statements regarding Georgian civil society activist Mzia Amaghlobeli, Papuashvili accused her of spreading falsehoods without consequences.
"They tell lies - what do they care, who will hold them accountable?" he said. "They manipulate all of Europe to suit their whims."
Papuashvili also described the broader actions of European institutions as a "collapse of values."
"This is plain disinformation spread by the European Union," he said. "In reality, it's a collapse of values happening in Brussels right now, where values are confused - when they tell you disinformation is bad but lie themselves, when they say violence is bad but fund perpetrators of violence, when they say hate speech is bad but fund people who are outright verbal abusers. They are detached from European values."
He concluded by accusing the European Commission and the EU ambassador to Georgia of openly demanding the release of former president Mikheil Saakashvili and promoting instability in the region.
"This resolution was adopted with the participation of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, who showered Rasa Jukneviciene with compliments. The European Union, in the form of the European Commission and its ambassador, is now coming out and demanding Saakashvili's release," Papuashvili said. "Let Mr. Herczynski answer: Is Europe, in his view, dictatorship, torture, escalation, and sacrificing the country for conflicts? Is that Europe in his opinion?"
