“I would like to ‘congratulate’ the European capitals for funding xenophobia. If this is not a shame for Europe—whose money is being spent on xenophobic campaigns—then they either do not know what shame is, or do not know what xenophobia is, or do not know what Europe is,” the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili said when responding to a question about reports claiming that publications against the company Eagles Hills are financed by European funds.

According to Papuashvili, Europe bears responsibility for enabling such activities.

“It is shameful that after decades of difficult history with xenophobia, Europe still uses EU funds and the resources of various European capitals to finance a xenophobic campaign. I call on the donors funding this organization to reveal themselves—so that the Georgian people know who the xenophobic donors are. We will also identify and name them. In the 21st century, using xenophobia as a weapon to conduct economic sabotage against Georgia is a disgrace and a black day for European donors,” he stated.

Papuashvili was also asked about the financing of certain online media outlets in Georgia through European funds. He argued that these outlets are not media organizations but NGOs operating websites.

“It is time to expose another major deception—this narrative spread by donors that certain online media outlets exist. These are not media; these are ordinary NGOs with websites,” he said.

According to the Speaker, these organizations lack journalistic standards and serve as “propaganda platforms.”

“If you look at their content, it is fully focused on promoting and reporting on violent actions. They serve for violent groups, for xenophobic campaigns, and for economic sabotage against Georgia,” Papuashvili stated.

Papuashvili also accused these organizations of being part of a wider network aimed at hindering Georgia’s economic development.

“Back then, we could not speak as openly as today. But even then we said—first indirectly, then directly—that NGOs and so-called NGO media were used to sabotage the Namakhvani project. Georgia suffered economically because foreign-funded groups worked to block it,” he added.

Papuashvili claimed that previous U.S. government funds were used to harm other countries, though he said such projects are no longer financed under the new U.S. administration.

“Today, this sabotage is financed either directly from the EU budget or from the budgets of EU member states,” he asserted.

The Speaker again called on donors to disclose their identities.

“I call on their donors to name themselves—who funds ‘Publika,’ ‘Netgazeti,’ ‘On.ge,’ and similar website-based NGOs, and who finances economic sabotage against Georgia. We will determine who the financiers are and expose everyone, regardless of which ambassador, which country, or which organization is behind it,” Papuashvili said.