“Someone should once again explain to this person that Georgia does not intend to follow either Ukraine’s or Moldova’s chosen path toward the EU, onto which we were so cold-bloodedly being pushed in 2022,” writes Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili in response to German Ambassador Peter Fischer’s statement that “Georgia has separated itself from Ukraine and Moldova on the common path toward the EU.”

According to the Speaker of Parliament, Ukraine’s path to EU membership goes through territorial concessions, while Moldova’s path goes through the abolition of its statehood.

“Someone should explain to this person that Georgia does not intend to follow either Ukraine’s or Moldova’s chosen path toward the EU, onto which we were so cold-bloodedly being pushed in 2022.

Today, it is already clear to everyone that Ukraine’s path toward the EU goes through the surrender of its own territories (as stated by the German Chancellor), while Moldova’s path goes through the abolition of its own statehood and accession to another state (as stated by the President of Moldova).

They are pulling us in this direction and trying to make us accept it — to view territories as a burden and independence as an unnecessary responsibility, the removal of which would supposedly open the EU’s gates to us. This is precisely the 21st-century ‘Danse Macabre’ gift,” Papuashvili wrote.