On May 21, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, reacted to a statement by Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador, who said that "Georgia has separated itself from Ukraine and Moldova on the common path toward the EU." In response, Papuashvili wrote: "Someone should once again explain to this person that Georgia does not intend to follow either Ukraine’s or Moldova’s chosen path toward the EU, onto which we were so cold-bloodedly being pushed in 2022."

Papuashvili argued that the EU accession trajectories of Ukraine and Moldova reflect different political costs, claiming that Ukraine’s process is linked to territorial concessions, while Moldova’s involves changes to statehood. He stated that "Ukraine’s path toward EU membership goes through the surrender of its own territories (as stated by the German Chancellor), while Moldova’s path goes through the abolition of its own statehood and accession to another state (as stated by the President of Moldova)." He further emphasized that external actors are attempting to steer Georgia toward a similar direction, framing territorial integrity as a burden and sovereignty as a dispensable responsibility.

Concluding his remarks, Papuashvili warned against what he described as imposed political expectations, saying that such pressure seeks to normalize the idea that giving up territories or altering statehood structures could ease EU integration. He characterized this approach as "This is precisely the 21st-century ‘Danse Macabre’ gift," Papuashvili stated.