If Brussels fails to alter its course drastically, the European Union will remain merely a name, a hollow vessel, devoid of purpose and principle, writes Speaker of the Georgian Parliament on his Facebook page.

“Today is February 4. Four months have passed since the violent storming of the Georgian presidential palace. During this time, one thing has become undeniably clear: Brussels will neither condemn nor distance itself from the assault on the Presidential Palace.

And, frankly, why should it? Why distance itself from what it itself, just a few days earlier, expressed support for through its own spokesperson?

Today, we see an attempt to dismiss the attack, which resulted in more than twenty police officers being hospitalized, as a ‘fence incident’ by the organization involved in the fake Estonian registration scheme, which is heavily financed from the EU budget.

This is no longer silence. It is a position.

A stance that plainly reveals Brussels’ growing departure from the values upon which the EU was founded, and its increasing alignment with hatred, violence, and extremism.

If Brussels does not radically change its course, the European Union will remain European in name only - devoid of ideas, values, and substance”, - writes Shalva Papuashvili.