“The ambassador’s concern about what ‘Georgian Dream’ is doing and the risks created by its misguided policies in this country is entirely logical and natural,” said Giorgi Sharashidze, a member of parliament from the party “Gakharia for Georgia,” speaking to journalists in response to a statement by the EU Ambassador, Paweł Herczyński.

According to him, if anyone is fueling civil confrontation in the country and pushing it back into the past, it is primarily “Georgian Dream.”

“I understood it exactly as the EU Ambassador said, because if anyone is inciting civil confrontation in this country and dragging us back into the past, it is first and foremost ‘Georgian Dream’ itself. Concern from the ambassador about what ‘Georgian Dream’ is doing and the threats created by its wrong policies is very logical and natural. In this case, ‘Georgian Dream’ should speak about its own actions—violence, human rights violations, and breaches of the rule of law—which ultimately lead to civil confrontation in this country. If anyone is responsible for this today, it is first and foremost ‘Georgian Dream,’ and the ambassador’s statement has nothing to do with it. This is entirely ‘Georgian Dream’s’ interpretation and demagoguery, aimed at once again portraying the EU Ambassador as a threat. In reality, it is ‘Georgian Dream’ that is the threat to this country,” Sharashidze said.

He added that he interpreted the ambassador’s statement “only as advice, concern, and a form of prevention from a friendly country and strategic partner, since ‘Georgian Dream’ itself is the force creating these risks.”

“I did not see any threat. I saw only concern about what ‘Georgian Dream’ is doing—namely, when it pushes the country back to a time when there truly was a risk of civil confrontation, and that risk was real. This is entirely the responsibility of ‘Georgian Dream.’ Any ambassador from a friendly country cares about this reality, expresses concern, and tries to prevent it. I took it only as advice, concern, and a form of prevention from a friendly country and strategic partner, because ‘Georgian Dream’ itself is the force creating these threats,” Sharashidze added.

For context, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński, stated in Brussels at the European External Action Service, where the documentary photo exhibition “Georgia in Focus” was opened, that Georgia is no longer on the right trajectory.

According to the ambassador, “the authorities have chosen an alternative model—authoritarianism—and are distancing Georgia from the European Union.”

“Georgia is at a crossroads. The country’s future has not yet been written, but what will be decided in the coming weeks and months will determine whether Georgia belongs to the family of European nations based on democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, or, unfortunately, returns to its dark past. My main message to the Georgian people is: do not lose hope. We must not allow Georgia and its remarkable, warm, and hospitable people to return to the dark times of violence, civil war, poverty, hardship, and corruption. This is not the future they deserve. As soon as the authorities express a willingness to cooperate with us, we will do everything to help Georgia become a member of the European Union,” Herczyński said, as quoted by Netgazeti.