Giorgi Gakharia, leader of the Gakharia for Georgia party is attending the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Congress in Germany.

“Attending SPD Party Congress 2025 in Germany, held against the backdrop of Georgia’s deepening authoritarian crisis, I met with many valued colleagues, including Johannes Schraps, Deputy Chair of the Bundestag Committee on European Affairs.

We discussed the Georgian Dream’s politically motivated prosecutions of opposition leaders, the crackdown on independent media and civil society, and the urgent need to release political prisoners, as well as For Georgia’s plans to join the Party of European Socialists (PES), with membership discussions expected this fall.

Grateful for the unwavering solidarity of our German partners,” Giorgi Gakharia wrote on the X Platform