There will be no compromise, especially on our fundamental values! This is not a market where your government could trade, start negotiations with us, and we would weaken our position on fundamental values — this will never happen!, — with this statement, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, addresses “Georgian Dream.”

As Beate Meinl-Reisinger noted at the ALDE Congress in Vienna, the citizens of Georgia have chosen Europe, “which the government does not support.”

“We are very clear, there will be no compromise, especially on our fundamental values! This is not a market where your government could say and trade, start negotiations with us, and we would weaken our position on fundamental values — this concerns the rule of law or other values — this will never happen! We care that our European Union is based on these values, and if you manage to carry out reforms in this direction, then we will be happy to conduct accession negotiations, but if not, then I am really sorry, the country is not going in the right direction.

We believe that the government must pave the way, ensure this for its own citizens. It is clear what we are seeing now in Georgia, the country is not going in the right direction. The citizens have chosen Europe, and the government does not support this. We see a massive regression,” Meinl-Reisinger stated, whose statement and Georgian translation are distributed by “TV Pirveli.”