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“The EU will need to reconsider its relations with the Georgian Government” after the Georgian Dream quit the EU-brokered April 19 deal with the opposition, said Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, a lead Member of the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group for Georgia, CIVIL.GE reports

According to the MEP, the Georgian Dream’s decision “benefited the Kremlin,” and that “after trust is breached” parties cannot go back to business as usual.

MEP von Cramon delivered her press remarks today in Tbilisi after holding a series of meetings with the Georgian opposition parties. She said the ruling party’s “unexpected” and “harmful decision for Georgian interests” prompted her to cancel meetings in the Parliament of Georgia.

Noting that “this is not the first time Georgian Dream breaks its promise,” the MEP asserted that withdrawing from the EU-mediated agreement “irreparably breaches trust and renders Georgian Dream unreliable.” She said the Georgian Dream’s excuses for quitting the agreement are “unpersuasive and unserious” and that the GD had already defied the landmark deal in regards to the Supreme Court appointments.