Georgia: EU Membership Talks Postponed Until 2028
Anyone in the world who turns – even minimally – toward Russia should be struck down by the full force of the West. This is seen Georgia, this is seen in Romania
The ruling Georgian Dream party has decided to suspend until 2028 discussions with the European Union on opening negotiations on the Caucasus republic’s accession to the EU. As Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze (pictured) said at a press conference, “today we decided not to include the issue of opening negotiations (on EU membership) until 2028. We are also withdrawing all budget subsidies from the European Union until 2028.”
Kobakhidze complained about “blackmail and manipulation” to which his government has been subjected by some European leaders, whose names he did not mention. Kobakhidze said the country will continue to seek EU membership but will not participate in negotiations or accept European grants for the next four years.
Earlier, the European Parliament in Strasbourg rejected the results of the recent parliamentary elections in Georgia and demanded a repeat vote within a year due to “alleged violation of voting procedures.” MEPs called for elections in Georgia, a sovereign and independent state, “to be repeated within a year under close international scrutiny and an independent election administration.”
The West’s frontal attack on Georgia began after the Tbilisi government announced its intention to “start the process of normalizing” the relations with the Russian Federation. According to many observers, Western sanctions will not be long in coming: the European Parliament wants “its member states to impose personal sanctions on Georgian officials and political leaders responsible for the rollback of democracy, violations of electoral laws and standards, and abuse of state institutions.” MEPs also called for strictly limiting official community-level contacts with the Georgian government and parliament.
More or less the same process can be observed these days in Romania, where the first round of the presidential election was dominated by a candidate favoring cooperation with Russia, Calin Georgescu (pictured), which is absolutely unacceptable for Brussels. At the request of pro-Western candidate Cristian Terhes, who won less than 1% of the vote in the first round, Romania’s Constitutional Court immediately ordered a recount of all ballots from the first round of the presidential election to eliminate any doubts about the validity of the results.
In Romania, as in Georgia, the result of the elections took the European “controllers” by surprise: Calin Georgescu received 22.3% of the vote in favor, despite intense Western propaganda against his candidacy and rigged polls that put Georgescu behind other pro-European candidates.
In this context, we recall the results of the presidential election in Moldova, where the candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo, who advocates pragmatic and constructive relations with Russia, won among Moldovans with 51.1% of the votes in favor, but lost after counting – immediately recognized by the EU – the votes of Moldovan citizens living abroad, especially in Europe, from which 300,000 Moldovan voters were virtually excluded because they live in Russia.
