“It was called the Helsinki Commission, but what the public saw was neither Helsinki nor a commission - it was a gathering of interns who were practically complaining to each other about various issues,” said Levan Makhashvili, Chairman of Parliament’s European Integration Committee, commenting to journalists on yesterday’s briefing by the Helsinki Commission.

According to him, the statements made at the briefing amounted to airing their own problems live.

“It was called the Helsinki Commission, but what the public saw was neither Helsinki nor a commission - it was a gathering of interns who were essentially complaining to one another about various topics. As for the statements made, it was a live broadcast of testimony about their own problems. That is precisely why, and because of such types of decisions, the Georgian government makes the decisions it does - to protect Georgia from this kind of unlawful interference,” Makhashvili stated.

In addition, Levan Makhashvili commented on statements made by the Croatian President during a joint briefing with Mikheil Kavelashvili, noting that “this is the voice of Europe and European citizens.”

“At a time when Georgia on a daily basis repels unfair attacks and criticism from Brussels bureaucrats, this is the voice of Europe and European citizens. These are European interests, as expressed by the President of Croatia. We often see this absurd difference, when Brussels bureaucracy is completely detached from European interests, while Europeans and the majority of EU member states have entirely different positions regarding Georgia. It is good that today, in this format, the Georgian public saw where Europe truly stands, what Europe really is, and what the European voice and interests are in relation to Georgia,” Makhashvili said.