Margus Tsahkna: More negative developments towards consolidating authoritarianism in Georgia

More negative developments towards consolidating authoritarianism in Georgia, - this is how Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna responds to the joint statement issued by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, and the European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations, Marta Kos, on the recent developments in Georgia.

“More negative developments towards consolidating authoritarianism in Georgia, paving the way for further repressions and eliminating the civic space”, he wrote on X.

The new legislation, including Foreign Agents Registration Act and Law on Broadcasting, adopted by the parliament, without due public consultations, give additional tools to the Georgian authorities to supress dissent and tighten the policy of repression, - reads a statement issued by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas and Commissioner Marta Kos on the latest developments in Georgia. According to them, a vast majority of Georgian people want Georgia to join the European Union.“These laws risk stigmatising the work of civic activists, threatening the survival of civil society and independent media, rolling back human rights protections, unduly restricting fundamental freedoms, and eroding democratic decision-making”, they said.