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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2522(RSP))

On the further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

B-10-2025-0108

on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Rasa Juknevičienė, Michael Gahler, Andrzej Halicki, Sebastião Bugalho, David McAllister, Željana Zovko, Isabel WiselerLima, Antonio LópezIstúriz White, Wouter Beke, Krzysztof Brejza, Daniel Caspary, Andrey Kovatchev, Miriam Lexmann, Reinhold Lopatka, Ana Miguel Pedro, Davor Ivo Stier, Michał Szczerba, Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Inese Vaidere, Michał Wawrykiewicz

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Parliament refuses to recognise Georgia's self-proclaimed authorities after the 26 October 2024 elections, which it deems rigged, and recognises Salome Zourabichvili as the only legitimate representative. It demands new elections, sanctions on officials, release of detainees, and support for civil society.

Key points

  1. Refuses to recognise the self-proclaimed Georgian Dream authorities as legitimate and calls on the international community to boycott them, engaging only to demand new elections.
  2. Recognises Salome Zourabichvili as the only legitimate representative of Georgia and praises her efforts for a democratic and European path.
  3. Demands new elections within months, overseen by an independent administration and international observers, and urges member states to make engagement conditional on setting a date.
  4. Calls for sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, including asset freezes, and on other officials like Kobakhidze, Kaladze, Papuashvili, and Garibashvili, as well as judges and law enforcement.
  5. Welcomes the suspension of visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats but urges stricter enforcement and further penalties.
  6. Condemns violence against protesters, demands release of journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli and all detained individuals, and annulment of repressive legislation.
  7. Calls for investigations into police brutality and accountability for human rights violations, and denounces the investigation into NGOs as repression.
  8. Denounces the termination of 49 MPs' mandates and warns of democratic backsliding towards a dictatorial regime.
  9. Deplores the suspension of EU accession talks and funding, supports the Georgian people's Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and calls for support to civil society.
  10. Calls for review of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and conditional suspension of economic cooperation due to breaches of principles.
  11. Calls for ceasing high-level contacts with Georgia's illegitimate government and for the Commission to redirect frozen EUR 120 million to civil society and independent media.
  12. Expresses concern about Russian influence and demands the release of former President Mikheil Saakashvili on humanitarian grounds.

Who is affected

  • Georgian Dream authorities and officials face non-recognition, sanctions, and reduced engagement.
  • Georgian civil society and independent media may receive redirected EU funding.
  • Detained protesters and journalists, including Mzia Amaghlobeli, are demanded to be released.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 120 million frozen, originally for Georgian authorities, to be redirected to civil society.