In a recently revised version of a draft resolution on Georgia, the European Parliament added a passage speaking about the "growing cult of Stalin and related increase in Soviet nostalgia in Georgia".
More specifically, the revised text reads: “The Georgian Government has further worsened access to public information, including Soviet-era archives, using the EU General Data Protection Regulation to falsely justify draconian restrictions to archive access and that some of Georgia’s most important Soviet-era archives (including the archives of the former KGB and the former Central Committee of the Communist Party) have been completely closed since October 2023 without any explanation; highlights Russia’s manipulation and falsification of history, including Soviet history, as part of its war of aggression against Ukraine and its military threats against other countries; regrets the growing cult of Stalin and the related increase in Soviet nostalgia in Georgia, supported by the ruling government, which underscores its closer alignment with Russia,” reads the revised text.
Fourteen members of the European Parliament prepared a draft resolution on Georgia, which, among other demands, calls for sanctions against Russia, the release of Saakashvili, and the repeal of the law on family values. The draft is titled “On the backsliding of democracy and threats to political pluralism in Georgia.”
