{"id":12200,"date":"2026-04-20T09:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12200\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:37:09","slug":"georgias-papuashvili-critics-of-brussels-quickly-labelled-pro-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12200\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia\u2019s Papuashvili: Critics of Brussels quickly labelled pro-Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20 April 2026 12:43<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has stated that any disagreement with Brussels on even a single issue leads to accusations of being pro-Russian, noting even Trump and the Georgian Dream party were labelled pro-Russian.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said this was a propaganda technique developed by intelligence services, used to target political opponents,<a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Caliber.Az<\/a> reports, citing Georgian media.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Addressing issues related to banning opposition parties, he said they would add the Federalists to the previously submitted list.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Today we are submitting a new application to the Constitutional Court,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In October 2025, the ruling Georgian Dream party filed a petition with the Constitutional Court seeking to ban three opposition parties, accusing them of attempting to violently change Georgia\u2019s constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The parties include the United National Movement, the Coalition for Change, and Strong Georgia \u2013 Lelo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Papuashvili said the decision is linked to the fact that several opposition parties signed a declaration of unity on strategic goals and aligned themselves with the organisers of the October 4 events.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On October 4, 2025, following the ruling Georgian Dream party\u2019s claimed landslide victory in municipal elections, demonstrations broke out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Protesters erected barricades and set fires in several locations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reports indicate that around six civilians and 21 police officers were injured, while dozens\u2014about 62 people\u2014were detained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Five opposition activists were also taken into custody. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 51<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 April 2026 12:43 Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has stated that any disagreement with Brussels on even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1258,203,1263,18,1259,1262,1257,1261,1260,1256],"class_list":{"0":"post-12200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-brussels","12":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","13":"tag-international-experts","14":"tag-interviews","15":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116436365877527254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}