We would have lost if we had listened to Brussels, we are winning because we don't listen to Brussels, - the Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, told journalists.

According to him, "some foreigners are looking forward to Georgia’s failure."

"Mr. Fischer is mistaken when he talks about Georgia. He presents Moldova and Ukraine as the main examples of development, in both of which we see economic stagnation and corruption challenges, institutional weakness. Yesterday, the Moldovan Vice Prime Minister also stated that they are considering Plan B and Plan A to join the European Union by joining Romania, and not as a sovereign state. We also see, in relation to Ukraine, including the statement of the German Chancellor, that one of the prerequisites for peace will likely be territorial concessions for any progress in the European Union. Some foreigners are waiting for our indicator to somehow not be the one that the government plans. Then they will talk to us with criticism, as if the government has the wrong policy. On the contrary, fortunately, everyone who expects Georgia to fail, be it is the radical opposition within the country or our well-wishers from outside, fails every time. Georgia has the right policy in both security and economy. Economic development would not have been possible if we had not maintained the security standard that supports economic activity. This once again proves that the Georgian government is doing the right thing, that it does not listen to false advisers. If we had believed them, we would have been in economic stagnation today, but we have chosen to make decisions independently based on the national interests of our people, and not on what interests Brussels has in the region or Georgia. This only benefits the Georgian people. We would have lost if we had listened to Brussels, we are winning because we don't listen to Brussels," Papuashvili said.