The statement made by Marta Kos is scandalous, because this means a ban on close relations with the new American administration for candidate countries, - this is how Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, responded to the statement of Marta Kos, the European Commissioner for Enlargement.

According to Samkharadze, this statement means that anyone who makes friends with the current American administration has no place in the European Union.

“This is a significant statement. In fact, this means criticizing the current US administration and prohibiting friendship and close relations with them, because the MAGA philosophy comes from Donald Trump’s administration. Donald Trump came to power with this philosophy and this slogan. To put it in plain language, this statement means that anyone who makes friends with the current US administration has no place in the European Union. The statement made by Marta Kos is scandalous, because it means prohibiting close relations with the new US administration for candidate countries,” Samkharadze said.

For information, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that candidate countries must sever ties with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in order to join the European Union.

"We must not risk our future members developing attitudes towards others that are at odds with our long-term interests," Kos said at an event organized by the Center for European Policy Research.