The Parliament of Georgia has decided to cease participation in meetings of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (PA) due to what it describes as unfair treatment. This was announced on November 1 by Shalva Papuashvili, chairman of the country’s parliament.
Papuashvili stated that the decision followed the European Parliament’s (EP) approach toward Georgia. He noted that several resolutions were adopted at the latest Euronest meeting in Yerevan, which addressed claims of “election rigging” in Georgia’s 2024 parliamentary elections. The politician criticized the EP for transforming the Euronest platform into “an instrument of blackmail and a means of forcibly imposing its narrow political agenda on neighboring countries.” He called the assembly’s disregard for Georgian public sentiment “categorically unacceptable.”
Papuashvili asserted that Georgia’s permanent parliamentary delegation would no longer attend future Euronest PA sessions, citing what he described as the EP’s “hostile and narrow political approaches.”
On October 27, Tahir Mirkishili, head of the Azerbaijani delegation, announced Azerbaijan and Georgia had boycotted the Euronest PA plenary session. Levan Makhashvili, head of Georgia’s Parliamentary Committee on European Integration, accused European parliamentarians of backing opposition protests and destabilizing Georgia, calling it unacceptable to invite individuals who rejected the country’s elections.
