Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Monday, said “We have started to consider the most appropriate EU response in case the [Transparency] law is enacted.”

During the press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Borrell anew urged the Georgian authorities to withdraw this very law.

“We had an exchange on the developments around the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence in Georgia. Some member states considered that they were not so important. Others consider rightly so that this law is attempting against EU norms and values. The Venice Commission report was mentioned, and according to this Venice Commission, we urge the authorities to withdraw this law.

We have started to consider the most appropriate EU response in case the law is enacted and take decisions at the next FAC in June. But I would like members to be ready to make decisions every time there is something which doesn’t fulfil our values, doesn’t fulfil international law, doesn’t fulfil the European path not only in Georgia but everywhere in the world.

We discussed the upcoming elections. The Georgian people will have to vote on the trajectory of their country, and government actions may eventually have an impact on the benefits they enjoy as a result of the EU integration, but no decision has been taken,” the EU High Representative stated.