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“At no point did GD publicly acknowledge that the EU’s concerns stemmed from the jailing of political opponents, the politicization of the judiciary, systemic attacks on civil society, and worsening media freedom. Instead, the ruling party portrayed the EU as an ideologically compromised institution manipulated by the so-called Global War Party.” https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/08/georgian-dreams-war-with-reality/
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“This framing has been a victory for Russia. Without taking any military action, the Kremlin has watched as one of the most pro-European countries in the post-Soviet region has grown increasingly distrustful of the West. [...] The linguistic parallels between Georgian Dream and Russian propaganda are perhaps the most telling. The very term Global War Party echoes Russian terms like ‘the party of war’ and ‘foreign provocateurs’. These are frequently used on Russian state television to describe western leaders or Ukrainian officials. Pro-government Georgian media has increasingly adopted this lexicon. Critics of the ruling party are described as ‘agents of chaos’ or the ‘sacrificial lambs’ of western interests. The idea that civil society is trying to ‘drag Georgia into war’ is a near-verbatim echo of statements made by Russian news anchors about Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2022. These phrases do more than convey ideas, they manufacture moral clarity, simplify complex issues, and stoke outrage. And the more they are repeated, the more they begin to shape public consciousness.”
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