Georgian Parliament Speaker: Brussels once called single-party majority undemocratic - now it congratulates Hungary

Georgian Parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said that the outcome of Hungary’s elections - where an opposition leader secured a single-party constitutional majority - contradicts previous criticism from Brussels regarding one-party rule and coalition governments.

In his remarks, Papuashvili recalled the intense pressure Georgia faced to move toward coalition governance, stressing that Brussels previously characterised single-party rule as inherently undemocratic.

“It is very interesting to observe the elections in Hungary. You know that the opposition leader there obtained a single-party constitutional majority, and everyone congratulated them. Recall the hysteria from Brussels and its hired groups in our case, claiming that there is no legitimate government without a coalition, and that if one party holds a majority it is undemocratic. Did they properly congratulate Hungary’s opposition on achieving a single-party constitutional majority?” Papuashvili said.

“Therefore, we can now turn this page as well - the harmful interference of others in the democratic development of our country. Brussels itself confirmed that what matters is how the people choose, and if the public makes such a choice, everyone must accept it. Therefore, Brussels was defeated once again in relation to the Georgian people, because what they had been telling us for years - that a constitutional majority is bad, that a single party holding a majority is bad - was rejected overnight”, he concluded.