“Georgian Dream” has moved from the defensive phase to the aggression phase: we hear nothing but insults, accusations that “double standards exist,” that “Georgia and Georgian Dream are doing everything and nobody sees it,” Gigi Tsereteli, chairman of European Georgia, told PalitraNews “Day Newsroom.”

He was answering a question about tomorrow’s (4 November) EU Enlargement Package report on Georgia.

Tsereteli’s forecast: The report will be sharply critical because “Georgian Dream has fulfilled zero of its obligations.”

On Georgian Dream’s new tone “They curse everyone, blame partners, claim ‘different standards.’ Same story with the Council of Europe, OSCE, Euronest. Euronest is not a huge assembly, but it includes Eastern Partnership countries plus an EP delegation. The hysteria after their resolution was unbelievable. They kept repeating ‘nobody blocked our delegation’ — because they are furious that they are not honouring a single promise, not even their constitutional duties. Instead of implementing recommendations, they are openly abandoning democracy. It hurts when candidate countries are discussed and Georgia is either missing or mentioned only in a negative light.”

On the Euronest resolution “Extremely heavy. The ban on pro-Western parties was received as unthinkable. Troll farms dragged up fake examples from Europe, but no EU-aspirant country bans pro-Western parties. The resolution also slammed the import of Russian crude via the Kulevi terminal — a very sharp point. That’s why they boycotted the Yerevan session: they didn’t want to sit and listen to the criticism.”

Neighbourhood comparison “We want Moldova, Armenia, everyone to succeed — their wins lift us too. Russian aggression hurts us all. Moldova is flying, Armenia is visibly advancing. Where are we? Under a permanent black cloud.”

German ambassador recalled for consultations “A terrible signal. We warned Georgian Dream repeatedly: you cannot treat Germany and its ambassador like this. You cannot curse the Finnish FM or MEPs and call it ‘sovereignty.’ You insult partners but never criticise Russia — the country that redraws your borders and keeps you in constant danger. Russia will remain our neighbour; one day, if it behaves, we’ll have to find a way to talk. But Georgia’s future must not be tied to Russia. EU enlargement is the strongest answer to authoritarian movements, including Russia. We had that chance and we are throwing it away — the clock is ticking.”

The lady from Gagra “You saw what that woman survived in Abkhazia, how she got out, integrated here — and today they may jail her for blocking a road in protest. This is an anomaly. Georgian Dream must say where it is dragging the country. They beat their chests ‘we are honest,’ yet corruption has devoured everything; their own closest allies are being arrested to make room in prisons for ordinary citizens. We want to remain Georgians — not French or Finns — but we want to live by the same standards those nations enjoy.”

Georgian Dream’s constitutional lawsuit to ban three opposition coalitions “If you accept that Georgian Dream is an autocratic regime, nothing should surprise you — banning parties, jailing people, everything. Their goal is a political field with only a decorative ‘opposition’ for staged spectacles, a democratic façade over an authoritarian core. They still need some Western contacts and recognition to keep the façade alive.

These people exist and they are not going anywhere. Our answer must be greater consolidation. We must repel every attack. The key is to keep resistance alive and not let Georgian Dream finish everything it has planned.” — Gigi Tsereteli, live on PalitraNews, 3 November 2025.