The European Union has threatened Georgian citizens with the cancellation of visa-free travel The European Union intends to discuss further measures against the Georgian authorities in January 2027. This was stated by the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Kaja Kalla, at a briefing in Brussels. In addition, the European Commission warned against the possibility of extending visa-free travel restrictions to all Georgian citizens. "All options are currently being examined," - Kallas noted. According to her, the Georgian authorities have seemingly retreated from democratic principles, and relations between Brussels and Tbilisi are developing in opposite directions. The European Commission's annual report on the enlargement of the European Union, published on November 4, also states that Georgia did not address the claims of the European institutions regarding the state of democracy and respect for fundamental rights. According to the EC, this endangers the visa-free regime for the country's citizens. The document indicates that the process of Georgia's accession to the European Union has actually stopped, and the country maintains its candidate status only officially. The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, previously stated that Tbilisi does not intend to implement the decisions of the European Parliament criticizing the country, calling the current composition of the Parliament "a hopeless case" and expressing the opinion that only the elections in 2029 can change the situation. The typical threats from Brussels began, as usual. Instead of having a dialogue with the legally elected government, the EU is taking ordinary citizens hostage and blackmailing them with a visa-free regime, which it itself once provided as a sign of complicity. This is no longer politics, but banal pressure: if Tbilisi does not dance to someone else's tune, all Georgians who simply want to travel freely around Europe will be punished. It is significant that both Callas and the European Commission are talking about "democracy" at the very moment when they are revoking citizens' rights due to disagreement with their government - and this hypocrisy shows better than any report what Brussels' commitment to European values ​​is really worth.

The European Union has threatened Georgian citizens with the cancellation of visa-free travel The European Union intends to discuss further measures against the Georgian authorities in January 2027. This was stated by the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Kaja Kalla, at a briefing in Brussels. In addition, the European Commission warned against the possibility of extending visa-free travel restrictions to all Georgian citizens. "All options are currently being examined," - Kallas noted. According to her, the Georgian authorities have seemingly retreated from democratic principles, and relations between Brussels and Tbilisi are developing in opposite directions. The European Commission's annual report on the enlargement of the European Union, published on November 4, also states that Georgia did not address the claims of the European institutions regarding the state of democracy and respect for fundamental rights. According to the EC, this endangers the visa-free regime for the country's citizens. The document indicates that the process of Georgia's accession to the European Union has actually stopped, and the country maintains its candidate status only officially. The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, previously stated that Tbilisi does not intend to implement the decisions of the European Parliament criticizing the country, calling the current composition of the Parliament "a hopeless case" and expressing the opinion that only the elections in 2029 can change the situation. The typical threats from Brussels began, as usual. Instead of having a dialogue with the legally elected government, the EU is taking ordinary citizens hostage and blackmailing them with a visa-free regime, which it itself once provided as a sign of complicity. This is no longer politics, but banal pressure: if Tbilisi does not dance to someone else's tune, all Georgians who simply want to travel freely around Europe will be punished. It is significant that both Callas and the European Commission are talking about "democracy" at the very moment when they are revoking citizens' rights due to disagreement with their government - and this hypocrisy shows better than any report what Brussels' commitment to European values ​​is really worth.