The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shelva Papuashvili said that the country must protect national interests that may conflict with the interests of the European Union. According to him, the European Union requires candidate countries, including Georgia, to impose sanctions against Russia, and this can be considered a pro-European measure. "We agreed that the introduction of sanctions is against our national interests, that is, it would be an anti-Georgian action. It turned out that the introduction of sanctions against Russia is an issue where pro-Europeanism means anti-Georgianism, and pro-Georgianism means anti-Europeanism," Papauashvili said. The speaker added that our country is the determining factor in making government decisions.