Georgia’s ‘Foreign Influence’ Law Is Reasonable
State of Union It is not only a prudent precaution, but the U.S. State Department condemned it.
The U.S. State Department has recently condemned The parliament of Georgia, which is about to pass a law, will require that non-governmental organisations that receive over 20 percent of funding from outside sources disclose this fact. Spokesman Matthew Miller said, in a not so veiled threat, that the law would “impact Georgia’s EU and NATO aspirations.”
Any move that removes Georgia from the NATO list is a positive step. But why is the United States opposed to the transparency requirement, and willing to use its diplomatic muscle to convince Georgia to abandon it?
Opponents of the bill call it the “Russian law” and imply that the ruling Georgian Dream party is throwing in its lot with Vladimir Putin by cracking down on foreign interference in domestic politics. The lazy slur is a way to make Georgian…
