Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk of failing to observe etiquette in their Independence Day greetings, where they criticized the Georgian authorities.

Kobakhidze said they could no longer “make decisions on their own.”

"As for this trilateral statement, it is quite obvious that the Deep State is domineering in Europe, of course, it is directly visible from all of this. And even if we leave the details aside, this is a matter of etiquette: May 26 is a solemn day, and on a solemn day it is customary to receive congratulatory letters, solemn statements are made, “so” they do not observe protocol, they do not even observe etiquette. 

Based on this, it seems that they cannot be guided by objective interests, even their own objective interests; they have to do the work of such a line, which does not correspond to their interests, it is regrettable and sad," Kobakhidze was quoted by Newsgeorgia. 

The leaders of three European countries congratulated the Georgian people on May 26 on Independence Day and in a special letter on the occasion condemned the actions of the Georgian authorities allegedly directed against civil society, media and opponents. Macron, Merz and Tusk called on the Georgian authorities to “change laws that contradict European norms”.