Georgian Dream Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said smaller countries could be better off outside the European Union if the bloc abolishes the unanimity principle in decision-making, arguing that such a move would strip member states of meaningful influence and undermine their sovereignty.
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Georgian MMA fighter and government supporter Giorgi Kartvelishvili has announced the creation of a new 'people's movement' that he said will defend Georgian values and traditions from what he described as foreign-backed groups promoting 'pseudo-liberal ideology.'
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Georgian Dream describes its foreign policy as multi-vector, but critics argue that the country's current approach is better characterized as "asymmetric and forced balancing," which differs significantly from classical multi-vectorism.
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