Georgian Parliament Speaker: Brussels must stop propaganda activities against Georgia, Georgian people

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday criticised the European Union for stirring unrest in Georgia through local actors while avoiding direct involvement.

In his remarks, Papuashvili condemned what he described as “propaganda activities” by EU representatives in Georgia.

“Brussels must stop propaganda activities against Georgia and the Georgian people”, he said.

The Speaker claimed that while EU officials, including EU Ambassador to Georgia Paweł Herczyński, promote EU benefits, certain funded individuals within the country were conducting operations that destabilise the political environment.

“When the EU Ambassador to Georgia travels from region to region talking about butterflies and the benefits of the European Union, the people funded by him are engaged in a hybrid operation. He should either distance himself, stop paying them, or come up with something else, because we are not going to play hide-and-seek like this. They do not show up themselves, and again they stir up the situation in the country through Georgians’ hands”, Papuashvili concluded.

The BBC published an investigative article claiming that the Georgian authorities deployed a chemical substance dating back to World War I during protests in 2024.

The Georgian Government rejected the allegations and announced legal proceedings against the BBC in international courts.

Additionally, the Georgian State Security Service launched an investigation into information disseminated in the public sphere regarding an alleged crime connected to the claim.