The European Parliament has supported MEP Rasa Juknevičienė’s draft resolution urging the sanctioning of Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) leadership.

The resolution says that the EP “Strongly condemns the role of Georgian Dream-aligned media outlets, including Imedi TV, PosTV and Rustavi 2 TV, in disseminating systematic disinformation, smear campaigns and hostile propaganda against the EU and its institutions and representatives, in particular the Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia and EU Member State diplomats;

Notes the recent decision by the United Kingdom to impose sanctions against Imedi TV and PosTV; calls for the EU institutions to review the accreditation of such media outlets within the EU institutions and encourages the EU Member States to follow the United Kingdom’s example and adopt appropriate and proportionate restrictive measures against individuals and entities responsible for orchestrating and financing these disinformation campaigns, including under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime; calls for the inclusion on the EU sanctions list of members of the leadership of the Georgian National Communications Commission and the Georgian Public Broadcaster.”

The resolution on Georgia was reviewed in the Foreign Affairs Committee. MEPs Mariusz Kamiński and Małgorzata Gosiewska demanded that the GPB leadership be included in the sanctions list and initiated the amendments.