Georgia’s ruling party official: EU will have to face reality and engage with Georgia

Levan Machavariani, the First Deputy Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream parliamentary faction, on Tuesday said EU officials would sooner or later have to “face reality” and acknowledge that, despite their efforts, they would neither be able to stage a revolution in Georgia nor win elections through campaigns conducted on behalf of the opposition.

In a social media message, Machavariani said the primary guarantee of this was the Georgian people.

He noted that a large-scale survey published by the European Union several days ago ranked Georgia among the top 10 countries in Europe in terms of public trust in parliament and among the top five for trust in government.

Machavariani also said that, according to studies and indices published by the EU on the quality of democracy, Georgia held a leading position.

“Despite all this, since 2022, Brussels has effectively been criticising us on a daily basis. Alongside criticism, it has spread numerous lies and disinformation and, even more regrettably, financed revolutions”, Machavariani said.

He argued this was occurring at a time when the leaders of Germany and France were facing historically low approval ratings, Iceland had declined not only to join the EU but also to resume accession talks, public opposition in Germany to what he described as a Brussels-driven political agenda was growing, and relations between the EU and the United States were deteriorating.

The official added that the current US administration had been strongly critical of Brussels and its political agenda.

“Brussels’ ruling class has become detached from its fundamental values and does not serve the interests of the European people. As the United States stated in its National Security Strategy document, with its current policies, Brussels is driving the EU toward a civilisational abyss”, he said.

Machavariani claimed European voters had not given a mandate for what he described as “ultra-left, pseudo-liberal ideology”, “LGBT propaganda”, uncontrolled illegal migration, abandoning cheap energy resources, or financing the Russia-Ukraine war “to the last Ukrainian”.

He said what he described as “lies and disinformation” from EU officials began on the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and were followed by accusations of democratic backsliding in Georgia.

“Moreover, efforts to facilitate and finance revolutions began. They are trying by any means to replace Georgian Dream with an agent network controlled by them. The only reason is that Georgian Dream refused to allow Georgia to be used as a proxy country”, Machavariani said.

He claimed that after the Georgian Government rejected proposals during closed-door meetings that would have involved the country in the war, and after Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili was subjected to what he described as de facto sanctions, Brussels-backed protests intensified. According to Machavariani, this followed Georgia’s refusal to impose sanctions on Russia, officially authorise volunteers to fight in Ukraine, or transfer weapons to Kyiv.

Machavariani said Georgia’s EU candidate status was later used as a pretext for attempts to organise a revolution.

He further claimed that from April 2022, what he called “agent parties”, wealthy non-governmental organisations and their “ultra-left, pseudo-liberal activists” were trained for revolutionary events planned for June of that year.

The official also alleged that preparations for an attempted “revolution” on October 4, 2025, had begun months in advance with Brussels’ support and that the European Commission had formally expressed solidarity with plans to overthrow the Government days before the events.

Machavariani said Georgia had experienced three other attempted revolutions between 2022 and 2025, which he also claimed had been supported and financed by Brussels.

He additionally accused EU officials of numerous instances of what he described as injustice, disinformation and interference in Georgia’s internal affairs. Among the examples he cited were the alleged use of EU candidate status to pressure Georgia, criticism of the country’s transparency law, support for former President Mikheil Saakashvili, engagement with former Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili, efforts to hinder Georgia’s cooperation with China, financing anti-Church campaigns, participation of foreign ministers in anti-government rallies, support for opposition election campaigns, accusations of election fraud, and criticism of law enforcement actions during protests.

“We do not attack anyone. The comments and statements made by us are merely a response to so many lies and so much injustice. We are the proud government of a proud nation. We will not allow anyone to undermine our national dignity”, Machavariani said.

He reiterated that EU officials would eventually have to recognise that, despite their efforts, they would neither be able to stage a revolution in Georgia nor secure electoral victories through campaigns conducted on behalf of the opposition.

“The guarantee of all this, first and foremost, is the Georgian people. They will also have to acknowledge the simplest truth that we are one of the key countries of the Middle Corridor and that we certainly border the Black Sea. They will sit down and talk to us”, he said.

“And we have made it clear at every level that we are ready to forget all this injustice and start our relationship with a clean slate”, Machavariani concluded.