Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-12-Speech-1-060"
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"en.20071112.16.1-060"2
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"Mr President, we were shocked at last week’s violent clashes between protestors and police in Tbilisi, Georgia. The fact that President Mikhail Saakashvili declared a state of emergency to overcome the riots and conducted a violent crackdown is highly alarming.
According to statements from the participants, the riots had nothing to do with external influences, but were the expression of severe displeasure with the Government.
President Saakashvili overreacted, since violence is not an appropriate solution when addressing the justified concerns of the opposition. Furthermore, President Saakashvili declared that there would be presidential elections in Georgia in January 2008.
We should not overlook the disturbances. The EU has provided Georgia, as a European Neighbourhood Policy country of destination, with advice on carrying out its regime transition. We should ask ourselves whether we have done our best to avoid such a crisis from occurring and, moreover, whether we can be sure that this will not reoccur in some other destination country."@en1
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