“The tragic political climate within the European Union is most clearly evidenced by today’s statement from the European People’s Party (EPP),” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated during a briefing at the government administration.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the EPP is the largest political party in Europe, and that the United National Movement, which established a brutal authoritarian regime in Georgia, is also a member of the EPP.

“Let me remind you that the EPP is the largest European party, uniting the majority of Europe’s ruling parties. We also remind you that the United National Movement, which imposed a bloody authoritarian regime on Georgia and demonstrated total disregard for democracy, the rule of law, and human rights over nine years, is a member of the EPP.

In light of the recent attempts by the United National Movement and other radical opposition forces to overthrow the democratically elected Georgian government, including severe physical assaults on police officers, two of whom narrowly escaped death, the European People’s Party demands that sanctions be imposed on Bidzina Ivanishvili and other leaders of the ruling team, rather than on those responsible for undermining Georgian democracy.

This statement from the EPP is the clearest indication for the Georgian society yet of how the loss of sovereignty and the externally influenced European bureaucracy have steered the European Union into a state of crisis,” the Prime Minister asserted.

The European People’s Party (EPP) has issued a statement addressing recent developments in Georgia.