Georgian Parliament official describes EU Ambassador’s statement as a “threat”

Gia Volski, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party and the first vice speaker of the parliament, on Monday commented on recent remarks made by Paweł Herczyński, the European Union ambassador to Georgia, labeling them as an orchestrated threat against the country.

In his interview with Imedi TV, Volski claimed that the ambassador’s warnings regarding Georgia’s future trajectory hint at a violent domestic escalation.

He further argued that the ambassador’s rhetoric suggests a looming “Maidan scenario”, referring to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

“He is promising us a Maidan scenario - that such a clash will occur within society that it becomes an irreversible process, followed by casualties and the dark perspective he hints at. This threat is not something Herczyński made up; he is carrying out instructions. He voices these instructions even as his heart aches. Previously, he referred to the Georgian people only as those who set fires in the streets and threw Molotov cocktails; now it is different - he addresses everyone. It seems he himself feels regret while following these instructions, which is why he addresses the people with kind and warm words, expressing his attitude toward society. At the same time, this means he is addressing everyone, and that is why we have called this a threat”, Volski said.

Earlier, Herczyński stated that “Georgia and its warm and hospitable people” must not be allowed to slip back into a period marked by “violence, civil conflict, poverty, hardship, and corruption”.