The main message of these elections is that they should agree on the common European interests on the basis of the national interests of the country, and not the other way around. Such a statement made today the Speaker of the Georgian parliament, while commenting the results of the elections held in the European Parliament.

“Depending on the function of the European Parliament, the distribution of powers in the European Parliament is less important, since compared to other structures of the EU, the European Parliament has less political weight.

However, we see that the trend is towards more conservative parties. It is more important what the results were in this regard in the member states themselves. We see that because of these elections, extraordinary elections will be held in France, the Prime Minister of Belgium resigned, and the ruling coalition in Germany took the 3rd, 4th, and 5th places.

To some extent, this shows the evaluation of the government’s policies by the population in these countries - be it France or Germany.

Also, there is a certain reaction to the policies that governments have had, especially in the direction of foreign policy. It is important that the governments of these countries listen to the mood of their own population and their assessments.

It is a fact that one of the trends is conservative approaches. The population pays special attention to traditional values. People are tired of the neoliberal approaches that are often imposed on the population.

One important trend is that young people in Europe increasingly support conservative, traditional approaches. Including in the [European Union] member states, as the elections have shown, especially the youth think about the interests of the country and the people.

I think the main message of these elections is that they should agree on the common European interests on the basis of the national interests of the country, and not the other way around”, - said Shalva Papuashvili.