Actions by Brussels against Georgia due to the adoption of a controversial law

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting After the approval of a controversial law in Georgia, “D Site” publication, “Joseph Burrell”, the foreign policy official of the European Union, announced measures against the country’s government.

Accordingly, political exchanges with this country should be reduced and attention should be paid to stopping financial support from the country. In addition, support for the country’s defense sector through the so-called European Peace Facility (EFF) is under consideration. Madani had approved despite weeks of mass protests. The plan also overrode pro-European president Salome Zorabishvili’s veto. The ruling party of Georgian Dream, which holds the majority in parliament, has particularly intensified the responsibility of non-governmental organizations. All organizations that receive more than 20% of their money from outside will be affected. Consensus among EU countries is not necessary. The Hungarian government considers this law to be no problem and rejects punitive measures against Georgia.

“Borrell” said that 26 countries out of 27 European Union countries agree with this. They both agree that this controversial law and all the negative developments related to it will distance Georgia from the European Union.

This European official said: if this government If it does not change itself, this country will not make any further progress towards the European Union. The European Union foreign policy official also announced that the European Union will provide more support to the civil society and the media in Georgia due to these developments.

Not long ago the bill The controversy of “foreign influence” became a law and came into effect with the signature of the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

Last week, the Georgian Parliament rejected the presidential veto and passed this controversial bill, entitled “External factors” were also raised, which provided the basis for its approval and implementation as a law.

Critics of this law consider it anti-democratic and inspired by Russian laws, which Their belief has been approved with the aim of suppressing the opponents of limiting media freedom in this country.

This law states that those media institutions and organizations that receive 20% of their budget from abroad, they must be registered as “agents of influence and supporting the interests of a foreign power” in this country.

Brussels previously had warned that the approval of this law would divert Georgia from the path of membership in the European Union.

The United States also threatened has imposed a ban on issuing visas and sanctions against people related to this law in Georgia.

Georgia police repeatedly fired gas to disperse the crowd during protests against this law. used tear gas and a water-spraying car and beat and arrested the protesters.

Georgian activists, independent journalists and opposition politicians of this country called the government to launch They allege a coordinated campaign of violence and intimidation against NGO leaders.

The law was passed amid related political tensions ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for October this year. The country has risen.

Georgia’s request for membership in the European Union is included in the country’s constitution, and according to polls, more than 80 percent of the country’s people support it. .

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