Any European bureaucrat claiming Georgia lags behind Ukraine and Moldova is mocking Georgian People. Such a statement made today Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

"We see the anti-Georgian rhetoric of the EU and Brussels-based institutions, which is very regrettable. We often hear attacks on the Georgian people, on their right to choose their own Government, and we have seen direct interference by Brussels to change the Government in Georgia from the outside, both before the parliamentary elections, when the EU Ambassador was involved in the election campaign in violation of international law, and in supporting the October 4 coup attempt.

This is a mockery of the Georgian people when they talk about how Ukraine and Moldova are ahead of Georgia in some objective way. Of course, they are ahead when it comes to embracing Brussels bureaucracy. In that, we cannot compete. They embrace it because they carry out every task assigned by unelected bureaucrats. But in all other parameters - economic development and democratic institutions - we are ahead", - said Shalva Papuashvili.