Brussels\u2019 silence over violence committed by the country\u2019s pro-Western opposition shows its complicity, a senior ruling party official says<\/p>\n
The EU\u2019s complicity in last year\u2019s coup attempt in Georgia is proven by the bloc\u2019s silence on the violence committed by anti-government protesters, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Monday.
\nKaladze, who also serves as secretary-general of the ruling Georgian Dream party, was referring to the storming of the presidential palace on October 4, 2025, during municipal elections in which he won a third term as mayor.
\nThe EU has accused Georgian Dream of steering the country away from a path toward membership in the bloc. Georgian officials have countered that Brussels is punishing the government for refusing to join anti-Russian sanctions or to \u201copen a second front\u201d in the Ukraine conflict.
\nBrussels has also backed opposition claims that several recent elections were rigged, helping fuel unrest, according to Kaladze. Statements by EU officials about violent demonstrators amounted to \u201conly encouragement, because all this was planned by them,\u201d he told journalists.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWith their support and funding, a campaign was launched regarding a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat and revolution. Their main task was to overthrow the current government in the country,\u201d he stated.
\nKaladze accused Brussels of seeking to put \u201ctheir agents into power, so that they can then use the country and the Georgian people to pursue their interests.\u201d
\nHe nevertheless urged the EU to turn the page and rebuild relations with Georgia on the basis of equality and mutual respect.
\nThe storming of the presidential palace was initially presented as a \u201cpeaceful revolution\u201d by parts of the pro-EU opposition. The protesters also had the backing of French-born former President Salome Zourabichvili, who had sought to remain in office after her term expired in December 2024.
\nGeorgian Dream came to power in 2012 amid public dissatisfaction with then-President Mikhail Saakashvili and later reversed several reforms that had strengthened the presidency under his rule.<\/p>\n
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Georgia was granted EU candidate status in 2023 alongside Ukraine and Moldova, as Brussels pursued enlargement amid its confrontation with Russia. Its accession process has since been effectively suspended.
\nRecent elections in both Georgia and Moldova have been denounced as rigged by opposition forces. Brussels, however, has continued to strongly support Moldova\u2019s pro-EU government while relations with Georgia\u2019s leadership have deteriorated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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