Hungarian FM Accuses EU of "Undermining Democracy" in Georgia Over Election Dispute

| News, Politics, Georgia

On October 29, during a visit to Tbilisi, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó criticized European Union ministers who had questioned the results of Georgia’s recent parliamentary elections. 

Szijjártó asserted that these EU ministers are unable to accept that the Georgian government is elected by its own people, not appointed from Brussels. “Thirteen European foreign ministers still can't stomach the fact that democracy is the will of the people,” Szijjártó stated

“They can't digest that the Georgian government is chosen by the Georgian people themselves, not by Brussels.” He argued that, according to the EU's “liberal mainstream” view, democracy is only recognized when a liberal party wins the elections.

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