We find the contents of this legislation incredibly troubling. Such a statement made the Spokesperson for the US Department of State, while answering a question about the draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”.

“We’ve spent a number of weeks now talking about this draft law, and I will echo what you’ve heard me say before. We find the contents of this legislation incredibly troubling. It is akin to the kinds of legislation that we see in the Kremlin and in other countries in the world who have a track record of cracking down on media organizations, cracking down on civil society actors, cracking down on nonprofits. We think that this kind of legislation is inconsistent with the EU’s own stated goals, which is something aspirationally Georgia itself has stated it’s interested in”, - said Vedant Patel.