The European Union (EU) is considering halting all financial aid to the Georgian government following the implementation of the controversial "foreign agents" law, according to Peter Stano, the EU's Foreign Relations and Security Policy spokesman. This decision follows the EU's previous action to freeze €30 million intended to strengthen Georgia's defense capabilities, with those funds now being redirected to non-governmental organizations within the country. The situation raises pressing questions about the future of Georgia's relationship with Europe, and whether it might lead the current Georgian leadership to shift away from its pro-Western trajectory.

Former Georgian Minister of Education and Science, Gia Nodia, weighed in on the situation in an interview with Ednews. He provided a critical analysis of the EU's stance, stating:

"There is nothing new and unusual about this statement from the European Union representative. The EU sees this foreign agents law adopted by the Georgian parliament not just a bad law, which does not correspond with EU standards, but as a statement against the European Union. The rhetoric justifying adoption of this law implies that the West, the European Union and the United States are enemies of Georgia, that they are governed by the Global War Party, which tries to undermine Georgia's interests.

So, it makes policies of this Georgian government, of Georgian dream government incompatible with the idea of European integration. Of course, Georgian dream government denies this, they say that they still want to join European Union, but their policies obviously contradict this. So, European Union is basically sending signals by stopping different programs of aid that until this government is in power, the idea of Georgia's European integration is indefinitely postponed.

So, and this obviously will continue until the coming parliamentary elections in October this year, but what happens after elections, we don't know. It, of course, firstly depends on outcome of the elections. If the opposition wins, then I think Georgia's European integration policy will be put back on track. If not, we'll see what happens."