Six MEPs condemn breaching of privacy and unflattering attitude towards EU Ambassador to Georgia
By Veronika Malinboym
Monday, February 8
On Saturday, January 6, six members of the European Parliament expressed their concerns over the recent statements from Tea Tsulukiani, MP of the ruling Georgian Dream party. MEPs working on issues such as Viola von Cramon, Michael Grahler, Andrius Kubilius, Sven Mikser, Petras Austrevicius, and Marketa Gregorova sent a joint letter concerning the unethical incident at the Georgian Parliament in which Tsulukiani carelessly breached privacy by her publicly citing a phone number of the director of opposition-minded TV channel, Mtavari Arkhi during the Parliaments plenary session. EU Ambassador to Georgia, Carl Hartzell, who was present at the session, referred to the incident as unethical. In response, Tsulukiani requested a private meeting with Hartzell and later told journalists that his remark expressed his personal opinion and not that of the EU.