On June 10, the pro-government TV channel POSTV posted information on its Facebook page, “POSTV – Analytics,” that Czech politician Markéta Gregorová was not re-elected to the European Parliament. To this information, POSTV added Gregorová’s comment of May 17, in which she stated that “Georgia has a pro-Russian government and Ivanishvili is an oligarch,” and after that, the TV channel wrote that she did not get a seat in the parliament.
Based on “POSTV – Analytics,” this information was disseminated by Facebook users (1, 2), as well as Bondo Mdzinarishvili, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster, and Ghia Abashidze, a pro-government expert. Ghia Abashidze’s post, in which he calls the MEPs “megaphones of the UNM sect” and “pseudo-liberals,” was published by the pro-government Imedi TV channel.
The information that Markéta Gregorová was not elected as a member of the European Parliament at the last elections is not true. The political party of the Czech MEP won one seat, and Gregorová became an MEP again.
The European Parliament elections were held from June 6 to 9 in the EU member states. As of June 12, the results had not been fully counted.
Czech politician and activist Markéta Gregorová is a member of the Pirate Party. In the European Parliament, this political party is part of the Greens/European Free Alliance group. According to updated information on the website of the European Parliament, the Czech Pirate Party received 6.20% of the vote in the election and won one mandate in the European Parliament.
On June 10, the Pirate Party released information that the party had gained one mandate in the European Parliament as a result of the election and that the party’s vice-president, Markéta Gregorová, would again become an MEP.
Markéta Gregorová wrote about her re-election as MEP on the social platform X (formerly Twitter). In her post, the politician thanked everyone for their votes and support and said that she has a lot of work ahead of her, but that she is ready to continue defending the liberal voice.
Fake news about Markéta Gregorová has been spread in the past too, and she has even been targeted by pro-government actors for her activity. Read more in Myth Detector’s materials:
- DID MEP GREGOROVA ISSUE A STATEMENT ABOUT DAVIT KEZERASHVILI, MEGIS KARDAVA AND KOKHTA KODUA?
- SPONSORED POSTS AND PRO-GOVERNMENTAL ACTORS AGAINST THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
About the sources:
Bondo Mdzinarishvili was elected by the parliament of Georgia as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster in 2020. Over the years, Mdzinarishvili has been spreading suspicious news, which Myth Detector regularly checks.
Ghia Abashidze is a pro-government expert, and the manipulative assertions he spreads have been checked by Myth Detector in the past. He has been involved in various discredit campaigns, including against Nino Lomjaria, cartographer Iveri Melashvili, and Khazaradze-Japaridze.
Levan Tavdishvili regularly publishes anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian posts and conspiracy theories.
Facebook user Davit Jebashvili regularly disseminates fake information. In the past, Myth Detector has verified the false claims he spreads.
POSTV archive link.
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