The Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili claimed the chance of the European Union suspending the membership candidate status for Georgia was zero for many reasons.

"Members of the European Parliament and the European Parliament, in the form of a resolution, had also asked us to release [the imprisoned former President] Mikheil Saakashvili and stated this as a prerequisite for granting the EU candidate status. We saw that Saakashvili was not released, and we were still given the status.

The same deputies of the European Parliament asked Georgia to impose sanctions on Russia and thus, in fact, bring Georgia into a military conflict with Russia. This was requested, and it was presented as a prerequisite for us to share EU sanctions in order to be granted candidate status. We saw that no sanctions were imposed, [and still] we were granted the status”, - Papuashvili said.

The official claimed texts of resolutions regarding Georgia were written by “lobbyists hired” by the opposition United National Movement party.

"We saw directly - we read this in the register - that drafting of texts of European Parliament resolutions was one of the activities carried out by American lobbyists. So, when we see direct indications of political corruption here, there is no trust in these people”, - Papuashvili noted.

Papuashvili added an election for the European Parliament was scheduled for June and added “which of these lawmakers will remain in the European Parliament and which not is still a matter of question”.