When you question the PM's motivation regarding European integration, this is a direct agitation against the status, Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of Georgian Dream, said after the majority meeting, responding to the statements made by the President on CBS.

According to Irakli Kobakhidze, Salome Zurabishvili offers proof after proof as to why she should have been allowed to go to Europe.

"When the President goes to Europe and talks to her European partners about the fact that the PM either wants or does not want the integration of the country in Europe, this, of course, directly means that Salome Zurabishvili, together with other radical politicians, was involved in anti-status agitation. Her TV speech is also anti-status agitation. When you question the PM's motivation regarding European integration, this is a direct agitation against the status. Salome Zurabishvili herself provided us with another proof that she really should not have been allowed to go to Europe," said Irakli Kobakhidze.

According to Irakli Kobakhidze, Salome Zurabishvili is only formally the President of Georgia, and in fact, she is the President of the National Movement.

"For us, she is no longer the President of Georgia. She is only formally the President of Georgia, in fact, she is the President of the National Movement. You have seen even today, during her conversation, what her spirit is, what her messages are. She goes to Europe to campaign against candidate status. When you go to Europe and talk to your colleagues about the fact that the current government of Georgia does not want European integration, this, of course, means agitating against the status. How can you let such a person go to Europe when you want her to get the status in the coming days. Of course, she should not be allowed to go to Europe in the background of such messages.

Zurabishvili has one year left. She is no longer relevant. She will not bring down the country and in the end she will not be able to prevent it from getting the status of a candidate. We have very optimistic expectations that we will be granted candidate status in December. We used to say that it was 50/50, but the chances are qualitatively improved," said Irakli Kobakhidze.

Also, according to Irakli Kobakhidze, there is information that Salome Zurabishvili, Nino Lomjaria and Giorgi Gakharia are planning to unite around one party for the election.

"We said that we have information about a possible new party. Salome Zurabishvili, Nino Lomjaria, Giorgi Gakharia, there are such plans. Such a political party cannot make any changes in the process. This party will also be doomed to fail at the five percent threshold. It is impossible for such a party to overcome the barrier. Do you remember how much effort it took for Salome Zurabishvili to become the President, she had no charisma and made a lot of mistakes in her pre-election announcements. Of course, such an alliance is doomed to failure, although we do not rule out that such plans are thought out somewhere, although we cannot attach great importance to this," said Kobakhidze.

For information, in an interview with CBS, the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, responded to the journalist's remark that it seems the Prime Minister is not interested in joining the European Union.

"This is the question that the entire population is asking, does he really want it or does she only verbally express his support," the President said.

*President's quotes have been double-translated from Georgian and wordings may be inaccurate.