Georgia’s ruling party Sec Gen: EU was built on values that made us want to join - today, those values are in question

Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the values that had originally motivated Georgia’s aspiration to join the European Union were now being called into question.

Kaladze made the remarks in response to a question about comments by European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos regarding potential limitations on the veto rights of future EU member states.

“The European Union was founded on values that made us want to join it - justice, freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Today, however, all of this is being called into question. The steps taken by the European bureaucracy and their statements do not reflect the Europe we aspired to join”, Kaladze said.

“Justice has been completely undermined - there is only looking down on others and wagging a finger. This kind of attitude is categorically unacceptable. We have explained our position on this issue many times”, he concluded.