With this law, the path to the European Union is not only more difficult, but there is no path at all. Such a statement the Lithuanian Foreign Minister made at a press conference in Tbilisi.

“We came here with a very clear message that we support people. 86% of the population of Georgia, who want to be a part of the European Union, should understand that the EU is with them. That was one message.

The second message is to the Government: we cannot be deceived that the law, which is still being passed, it has passed the third reading and now awaits the veto of the president - we cannot be deceived that this law has anything to do with transparency, even though it is presented in such a form.

It is clear to the colleagues in our countries why so many representatives of civil society call it the “Russian law”, and today we know for sure that this law is against civil institutions, NGOs that oppose Government policies. This law can be used to silence these institutions and goes against the most basic, fundamental principles of democracy on which the EU stands.

I can’t believe that countries like Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia could have joined the EU if we had such laws, which are currently being considered in Georgia. Our message is very clear: the path to the EU is not just more difficult with this law, there is no path. I hope the Government got the message. They still have a chance to simply pass this law as they did in 2023, after a presidential veto. Then they sat together with institutions of the EU, together with our representatives, and we are ready to work to advance Georgia on the Euro-Atlantic path”, - said Gabrielius Landsbergis.