The ongoing mass riots in European cities remain a subject of political assessments in Tbilisi.

The ruling party recalls how foreign actors attempted to romanticize setting law enforcement officers on fire - running the “I Threw It” campaign with EU funding and demanding the release of Lazare Grigoriadis, who was detained for throwing a “Molotov cocktail” and eventually pardoned by Salome Zourabichvili.

According to Irakli Pavlenishvili, Chairman of the Governing Board of the United National Movement party, no one justifies the use of a “Molotov cocktail”.

“Obviously, none of us justify the use of a “Molotov cocktail”, right? It is just that there was no solid evidence against this individual. That is one thing, and secondly, what is most important, in Georgia, Special Forces officers were not identified - unlike in Europe - and because of this, they faced no accountability whatsoever. This was the principal difference”, - said Irakli Pavlenishvili.

“Georgian Dream” claims that Brussels’ double standard has now become most evident as protests erupted in Europe, noting that in Paris, those detained for throwing “Molotov cocktails” could face life imprisonment.