The EU report was published. Now we can see who wants to command and who wants to negotiate.
On November 4, the European Commission published a report: Georgia's European path is de facto frozen. Brussels is not talking about a lack of progress, but about regression - withdrawal from democracy, pressure on civil society.
The reaction of the authorities is harsh. Papoushvili advised the EU ambassador to "calm down" and recalled the socialist past of the diplomats. Kubhidze called Gerczynski a "tragic personality". Volsky - "Sabotage and hatred for Georgians".
Simply put: no dialogue. Gerchinsky asks what to talk about - the deep state and the "war party"? Papauashvili answers biographies. This is not a conversation about reforms, this is an exchange of pleasantries.
But the point is deeper. Brussels demands specific things: examination of judges with international experts, repeal of laws against civil society, harmonization of foreign policy. For a Georgian dreamer, that sounds like an ultimatum.
The EU wants to call the shots in Georgia, and Georgia wants to remain a subject of negotiations with the EU.
The salary is a mirror. It presents both Brussels with its criteria and Tbilisi with its rhetoric. The question is who will be the first to get tired of looking in this mirror - and who will be the first to remember that at the table one should not command, but negotiate.