The European Parliament held a discussion about the ongoing developments of Georgia in the format of the plenary session.

According to Andrius Kubilius, a Lithuanian politician and a Member of the European Parliament, they deeply concerned about the future of democracy in Georgia.

“MEP, Europe was making efforts for the European integration of Georgia, but nobody could be a stronger fighter on this path but the Government. If there is no democracy, there is no European integration. The head of Georgia’s ruling party has decided not to keep the promise given to Georgian citizens and the opposition regarding transformation onto the proportional system of elections. He gave the promise to participants of the protest wave in summer.

A trust of the Georgian people toward the parliament and Georgian democracy was lost, and the decision of the ruling party prompted that it feared about its defeat in the forthcoming elections and intended to use old administrative mechanisms to win the polls. These debates serve as a good possibility to call on the heads of the Georgian ruling party and Government to return to a real and trust-based dialogue with the opposition. We also call on the Georgian ruling party and opposition to reach an agreement over the election system reform since people do not trust the old system. The so-called German Model of elections could serve as the ground for the agreement”, - said Kubilius.