The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, has published on social media a letter he sent to the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński, in May last year.

“I am once again sharing the letter I sent to the EU Ambassador last May, in which I asked for just one thing: a public condemnation of the violence, hatred, and incitement of hatred by individuals funded and supported by the EU.

In response, we received silence and support for the attempt to overthrow the government on October 4.

Incitement, hatred, violence, and, as it now appears, fraudulent funding schemes, this is what ‘pro-Europeanism’ has become today,” wrote Papuashvili.

For reference, last year, Shalva Papuashvili addressed a letter to Paweł Herczyński, expressing disappointment that “despite the government’s calls, the EU mission avoids distancing itself from manifestations of hatred and violence.”