“For several days now, the propaganda media have been “figuring out” whether Brussels is asking us to force men to marry and sending a hundred selected girls and boys every year. The real purpose of this supposed “investigation” is to provide their propaganda-fed audience with a daily dose of emotional shock,” writes Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on social media.

According to Papuashvili, “transferring a serious issue into unmotivated mockery is a well-known propaganda trick to keep the main issue out of attention.”

“The main point is that Brussels has somehow demanded the complete repeal of a law that was supported by the Georgian people in parliamentary elections declared as a referendum, and backed by the Georgian Orthodox Church along with all traditional religions. A law on which, in the full sense of the word, everyone agrees – and which, by rights, has no connection whatsoever to visa-free travel.

The influence of Brussels-flattering propaganda is also visible in media behaviour, as they refuse by all means to use the fastest way to ‘clarify’ this issue, asking simple questions to the EU Ambassador. I am confident that the EU Ambassador, as on other occasions, will not hesitate and will answer their questions: Should the ban on same-sex marriage and alternative legal unions be repealed? Should the ban on legal gender change be repealed? Should the ban on indicating a gender different from biological gender in official documents be repealed? Should the ban on LGBT propaganda in kindergartens and schools be repealed?” writes Papuashvili.