Kobakhidze on EU Commission Enlargement Report

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze does not describe the European Commission's report on EU enlargement as harsh. According to him, the report is harsh only for its authors.

Kobakhidze said: "This is not a harsh report. This report would be harsh if it were based on facts. This report has zero harshness because not a single remark is based on any solid argument". According to him, the authors were unable to present a single critical remark based on facts, and this is "a very regrettable development".

The prime minister also mentioned European bureaucracy's idea of appointing judges from outside. In his assessment, this means that European bureaucracy fails to understand the importance of the rule of law, democracy and constitutionalism.

Speaking about those arbitrarily detained, Kobakhidze said these are people who threw "Molotov cocktails", took part in violent acts, and announced and organized a campaign to overthrow the government. He demanded that the EU provide a list with surnames, and said this list had been requested many times but had not been provided.

According to Kobakhidze, a vote that implies undermining the independence of the courts, and the demand to release prisoners cannot be substantiated. In his words, European bureaucracy itself stood behind this violence: the European Endowment for Democracy directly financed the "Molotov cocktail" campaign, and the fund is financed by the EU.

The European Commission presented the EU enlargement report on 4 November 2026. The section on Georgia highlights critical trends of democratic backsliding, the collapse of the legal system and departure from foreign policy, which has "de facto halted Georgia's EU accession process".