The European Union can do a lot, and this was clearly demonstrated in connection with the Kulevi port. They waved one little finger from Brussels and the Georgian Dream realized that the matter was very serious, - one of the leaders of Strong Georgia - Lelo, Salome Samadashvili, stated on PalitraNews.

According to Salome Samadashvili, the European Union has not yet even begun to use any real leverage against the Georgian Dream.

“When you listen to Papuashvili and Kobakhidze, you are listening to the Kremlin. They have no independent will, they do not even have the ability to think or speak politically, they act according to written instructions. As for how the EU might react, the EU can do a lot, and this was very clearly demonstrated in connection with the Kulevi port. They waved one little finger from Brussels and the Georgian Dream realized that the matter was very serious. If the EU did not consider that this would harm the entire population of Georgia, it could single-handedly cause such a shake-up of the Georgian economy that what is happening today would make you think that we live in an economic oasis.

Our position was and still is that people should not lose the opportunity to travel visa-free to the EU, but it is right that the representatives of the regime were deprived of the opportunity to travel visa-free. Our position is that all sanctions should affect the regime and not damage the country. The European Union has not even begun to use any real levers yet.

They are already in such a crisis, Ivanishvili has cornered himself so much that he thinks that if he shows any weakness, makes a concession, then the process of collapse will go on like a house of cards collapsing. With this logic, he is entering an even deeper impasse. He is entering an impasse from which it will be very difficult to get out," said Salome Samadashvili.