Kobakhidze stated Georgia's desire to join the European Union by 2030

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, currently in China, commented on the report on European Union enlargement. He stated that the injustice and distortion of facts by European bureaucracy have led to a gradual decline in Georgia's trust in the European Union and the EU as a whole.

The politician expressed hope that the situation in the EU will change and that "fairness will become the principle guiding representatives of the European bureaucracy in the future," but added that "this is not the case today, and the published report is the best confirmation of this."

"Similarly, when it comes to sanctions imposed against Russia and the concerns expressed by Ukraine regarding this, we do not mention Ukraine's alarming position regarding Moldova or other candidate countries that also did not join the sanctions. All this signifies double standards, injustice, and serious problems within the European bureaucracy."

"I'll reiterate that we have different expectations about how all this will ever change. We want to become a member of the European Union by 2030, and I hope that the situation in the EU will have changed dramatically by then. Today, the functioning of the European bureaucracy has sunk to the level of Soviet standards, which is very unfortunate and sad," Kobakhidze concluded.

On November 4, the European Union's 2025 enlargement report was presented. The authors of the document expressed "serious concern about the sharp deterioration of the situation in Georgia." European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, presenting the report, noted that "Georgia's candidate status is now only a name."

Tina Bokuchava, a representative of the opposition United National Movement party, also commented on the EU enlargement report.

"Yesterday, a very important and at the same time very difficult report was published. There were very difficult briefings that confirmed two things: under Ivanishvili's Russian regime, unfortunately, Georgia, which achieved EU candidate status through the efforts of the Georgian people, today has no future in the EU. This is precisely the result of the actions, steps, and anti-Western, anti-European policies of Ivanishvili's Russian regime."

Marta Kos and Kaja Kalas also openly stated that Ivanishvili's regime is deliberately deceiving the Georgian people to create the illusion that, at least formally, Georgia remains in the process of joining the EU. "This is an illusion, a lie, but the truth is that the EU accession process can be restored for Georgia, for the Georgian people, whom the EU awaits in its large, political, and wealthy family, only if we get rid of Ivanishvili's Russian regime..." the politician said.

She also lamented the fact that this report will be used by the EU to decide on visa-free travel. Bokuchaeva recalled that the National Movement's international team "has been working intensively for many months to ensure that the suspension of the visa-free regime does not affect Georgian citizens, and that the Georgian people are not oppressed by the autocratic steps of Ivanishvili's Russian regime."

According to her, this work has borne fruit, as the EU is now discussing suspending the visa-free regime only for Ivanishvili, his entourage, so-called judges, propagandists, and the financial business elite.

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