Georgian Parliamentary Majority Leader Mocks EU Officials Kallas and Kos, Accuses Brussels of Threats and Double Standards

Georgia’s parliamentary majority leader, Irakli Kirtskhalia, has sharply criticised EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, dismissing their statements on Georgia as empty threats and accusing Brussels of abandoning the principles on which the European Union was founded.

Speaking on the Georgian television programme Imedi LIVE, Kirtskhalia said the warnings and promises made by senior EU officials were no longer taken seriously by Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party or, he claimed, the wider Georgian public.

“The promises and threats of fake Kaja and fake Marta are laughable to our team and, most importantly, to our society,” Kirtskhalia said, referring to Kallas and Kos.

He accused EU officials of adopting an increasingly confrontational approach towards Georgia, arguing that their statements and resolutions contained little beyond threats and offensive rhetoric.

“Unfortunately, it is precisely because of these fake Kajas and fake Martas that Europe and the European Union have the approval ratings they currently have in Georgia, as they have completely departed from the values and principles on which the EU was founded,” he said.

Kirtskhalia also criticised what he described as the economic consequences of the EU’s current political leadership.

“They are now reaping the consequences of their own governance, first and foremost economically. In Germany, they have calculated how frequently businesses are going bankrupt. Today, we are hearing from France that the country is on the verge of default,” he claimed.

The Georgian parliamentary majority leader also addressed the country’s exclusion from international forums focused on regional connectivity and the Middle Corridor, a major trade and transport route linking Asia and Europe through the South Caucasus.

He questioned the logic of discussing Black Sea connectivity and regional transport infrastructure without involving Georgia, which occupies a strategic position along the corridor.

“Do you remember when Georgia was not invited to the Middle Corridor and connectivity forums, where discussions were held without our country? The media quite legitimately asked us why we had not been invited,” Kirtskhalia said.

“Our answer was simple: the whole thing is laughable. It is impossible to discuss Black Sea countries, the Middle Corridor and connectivity without inviting Georgia. They should just look at a map,” he added.