I no longer understand why they bother with research, or indeed why we bother asking questions, because we can plainly see that Brussels has no interest in research, analysis, or facts, they know that whatever Rasa Juknevičienė says is the truth, and that is that. Such a statement made today Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

"What we are witnessing is power politics, deployed with ever greater frequency by Brussels, particularly under the foreign policy leadership it currently finds itself in. This is exactly what was referred to as the "Estonianisation" of the EU, a term mentioned in the White House.

The EU Ambassador`s lodestar is Rasa Juknevičienė’s political agenda, and we are watching it being enacted before our eyes. Forget it, there is not the slightest prospect of today`s Brussels taking any step grounded in objective analysis. These are coldly calculated political plans, in which we are nothing more than an instrument. Their sole interest in Georgia is how they can use us to damage Russia. In Brussels`s eyes, the people of Georgia have been reduced to a tool to be wielded against another country", - said Shalva Papuashvili.

The RESILIO-ACCESS Monitor project of the European Policy Institute published an assessment of rule-of-law resilience across EU candidate countries. Compared with other candidates, Georgia and Montenegro received the highest ratings. The study covered 10 candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Turkey. Countries were assessed according to the following indicators: absence of corruption, the capacity to control corruption; regulatory enforcement, the ability to implement laws effectively, with Montenegro and Georgia scoring closest to the EU average in this category. Besides, the assessment focused on the effectiveness of the criminal justice system, defined by its ability to deliver legal protection to citizens and businesses. The assessment draws on data covering the period 2014–2024.