Papuashvili demanded that Brussels stop Lithuanian fascism

The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili called the statements of the European Parliament's rapporteur on Georgia Rasa Yuknyavichene "fascist statements".

Yukneviciene said at a meeting of the European People's Party that "the Georgian regime is an example of the Kremlin's seizure of the state from within" and "the same thing can happen to EU countries if we do not stop this infection in time."

In response, Papuashvili wrote on social networks that "the statements of the Lithuanian member of the European Parliament Rasa Yukneviciene have already come close to the fascist border."

"'People are to blame...'It is necessary to stop the infection'... If we look at the way the hate speech of radicals develops, then next time we, the Georgian people, will be called 'slaves' or 'biomass'... It is time for Brussels to show common sense and put an end to this shameful trend that neglects democracy and human dignity. I would say to Rasa Yuknyavichene: "You can't despise the whole nation by hating Stalin," Papuashvili writes.

One of the members of the Georgian Dream, Irakli Zarqua, spoke very sharply about Yuknyavichene.

"Ms. Rasa, a vigilant "friend" of our country, has been making such statements for a long time, but the last… I think this is what happens to all people when they reach a certain age, they become somewhat inadequate, perhaps this is some kind of attack... I think this lady is faced with the problem of menopause, so she makes such statements. Ms. Race, take care of your country, the European Union, which has become in your hands an unauthorized organization with a collapsed rating. It's not that the states no longer want to join the EU, even those who do, and they are thinking about leaving this organization, you and other rootless people have succeeded so much," the Georgian media quoted Zarqua as saying.