Georgia is determined to pursue a pro-Western, pro-NATO path – Karol Karski, a member of the European Parliament writes in his article for Reaction Life publication.

In the article, Karski writes that Georgian Prime Minister Georgi Gakharia, from the ruling Georgian Dream party, has made clear public statements that the government desires to join both NATO and the EU. Over 80% of the Georgian public supports this goal according to the latest polling.

According to the article, Georgia is already the largest per capita contributor to NATO missions in Afghanistan, and it has recently become only the second non-NATO country (after Finland) to join the NATO cybersecurity platform, known as MISP.

The Georgian Dream government has also implemented a pro-market economic revolution: taxes and regulations have been cut, corruption has been ruthlessly targeted, and investment has been unleashed.

As a result, the poverty rate has been cut in half in just over a decade; the World Bank now ranks Georgia the second-best country in the world to start a business; and the country lies in 12th position in the Heritage Economic Freedom Index, above the USA and most of the EU member states.

The MEP believes that European Parliament should give its help where it is needed: Strengthening the NATO alliance, renewing our commitment to pro-Western governments, and defending the rights of free peoples everywhere.

“Where there are pro-Western governments, as in Georgia, we must support them. Where cyberattacks and other aggression takes place, we must resist it. Most immediately, where economic challenges exist as a result of this crisis, we must ignore the temptation to indulge in false economies that would endanger our security and perhaps usher in a different crisis in the years to come,” Karski writes.