“I cannot support the government, which is working against its own people. The country is drifting more and more away from the future EU perspectives,” European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos told journalists before the start of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.
Marta Kos was asked about the legislative amendments prepared by the parliamentary majority in Georgia.
“The only thing I can do towards the government is to call on them to stop doing this nonsense and start working for the European future. Of course, we will support civil society organisations; we have met some of them this week in my office. And, of course, we will support the media in whatever we can. So please hold on,” Marta Kos has stated.
For context, the majority leader, Irakli Kirtskhalia, announced following the parliamentary majority session on January 28 that several legislative amendments had been drafted. Notably, according to Kirtskhalia, an amendment has been made to Georgia’s Law on Grants, establishing criminal liability and making external lobbying punishable. Amendments have also been prepared to the Law on Political Associations of Citizens and legislation concerning the public political activity of entrepreneurial entities.
