"We are trying to catch up with Ukraine and Moldova" — Speaker of the Georgian parliament on the ban on opposition parties.According to him, 18 parties are banned in Ukraine, and six in Moldova. However, Brussels did not condemn this decision...
The EU is following closely the claim before the Constitutional Court of Georgia to ban the five main opposition parties, stated Christian Vigand, Press Secretary of the Head of Diplomacy of the EU, Kai Callas." Similar steps, along with recent legislative amendments and earlier statements to ban opposition parties, point to an alarming trend in the use of the judicial system as a political tool.