What does he mean when he mentions the 5th of July? What has happened that you have not yet seen in the European sphere - Volski on Hartzell

Gia Volski has additional questions about the part of the EU ambassador's statement where Carl Hartzell talks about the July 5 violence - Did something happen that you haven't seen in Europe," Volski says, assessing the violence that took place on Rustaveli Avenue a year ago were minorities and journalists were also brutally beaten by a hateful mob.

"Not everything could be accomplished, there are a lot of reforms to be made, it just raises additional questions about Karl Hartzel's statement, what does he mean when he says July 5? Both Georgia and Europe have people who have resorted to violence for a variety of reasons, whether it's gender equality or aggressive attitudes toward any other minority. Has something happened that you haven't seen in the European sphere and the punishment that anyone would get, is sentenced in both Georgia and Europe if that person commits a crime," Volski  said.

As for the part of reforms, in his opinion, "many developed European countries can't boast the established electoral system, the code that has been adopted in Georgia. Volski sees no responsibility to the government in either polarization or aggressive political attitudes and says that if there were any "deviations," it would not affect the election results, and the Hartzell organization has confirmed this:

"If there are some processes, such as polarization in the media space, aggressive relations in the political field,  extremely aggressive, unacceptably so for the democratic world, is the government the only one at fault, if at all? These are questions that the EU must answer in its decision on Georgia's candidacy," Volsk said.

The diplomat recalled the July 5 violence at today's conference titled "The New Security Architecture in Europe and Its Impact on Georgia" and said: "... I think it's no secret that the recent EU public reaction to the current events in Georgia is not pleasant. They include trends of democratic elections, the July 5 violence against journalists and members of minorities and its consequences, as well as a series of actions to damage the judiciary, the practice of hidden recordings and interference in people's private lives, and the abolition of the State Inspectorate Service. We need to face the truth and say that all of these are not insignificant. On the contrary, they are directly related to the core values of the EU."