"The spirit and content of the law are not in line with the EU's core norms and values," EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Georgia's parliament passed the controversial law despite angry protests in Tbilisi and urging by the European Union and the United States not to adopt it.
On Tuesday evening once again thousands of people took to the streets of the capital. One of their main concerns is that the law jeopardizes Georgia's path to EU membership. Many also fear that critical organizations and media will be silenced in the former Soviet republic, as in neighboring Russia.
"Despite massive protests and clear calls from the international community, the ruling majority of the Georgian government adopted the law on 'Transparency o Foreign Influence' in parliament," Borrell and Varhelyi's statement said.,
Both Commission officials also condemned attacks on Georgian activists and journalists.
"Intimidation, threats and physical attacks on civil society representatives, political leaders and journalists, as well as their families, are unacceptable. We call on the Georgian authorities to investigate these documented acts."
In a post on X, NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhallah said the passage of the law "is a step in the wrong direction and takes Georgia away from Europe and Euro-Atlantic integration. We call on Georgia to change course and take away the right to peaceful protest." Ask for respect.,
Later on Wednesday, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili plans to meet the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland, who have visited the country.
In contrast to the ruling Georgian Dream party, Zourabichvili is seen as pro-European. She has already announced she will veto the legislation – but Parliament has the votes to overturn it.sd/arm
On Tuesday, Georgia's parliament passed the controversial law despite angry protests in Tbilisi and urging by the European Union and the United States not to adopt it.
On Tuesday evening once again thousands of people took to the streets of the capital. One of their main concerns is that the law jeopardizes Georgia's path to EU membership. Many also fear that critical organizations and media will be silenced in the former Soviet republic, as in neighboring Russia.
"Despite massive protests and clear calls from the international community, the ruling majority of the Georgian government adopted the law on 'Transparency o Foreign Influence' in parliament," Borrell and Varhelyi's statement said.,
Both Commission officials also condemned attacks on Georgian activists and journalists.
"Intimidation, threats and physical attacks on civil society representatives, political leaders and journalists, as well as their families, are unacceptable. We call on the Georgian authorities to investigate these documented acts."
In a post on X, NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhallah said the passage of the law "is a step in the wrong direction and takes Georgia away from Europe and Euro-Atlantic integration. We call on Georgia to change course and take away the right to peaceful protest." Ask for respect.,
Later on Wednesday, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili plans to meet the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland, who have visited the country.
In contrast to the ruling Georgian Dream party, Zourabichvili is seen as pro-European. She has already announced she will veto the legislation – but Parliament has the votes to overturn it.sd/arm
