{"id":"GEO-012","notes":"Phase 2 authorization signal. EU candidate status denial as trigger is analytically notable — GD inverts EU integration framework against civil society. Part of September 2022 intensification. See GEO-019 for simultaneous ISFED institutional exclusion from parliamentary working group.","country":"Georgia","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"CSOMeter September 14 2022 (https://csometer.info — primary); CSOMeter November 23 2022 (People's Power announcement context)"}],"summary":"Georgian Dream chair Kobakhidze explicitly accuses Open Society Georgia Foundation head of 'agitating against Georgia's candidate status before the EU alongside opposition politicians' — labels him a traitor. Simultaneously deploys 'NGO clan' and 'funds against state' narrative framing across GD media. Triggered by European Council decision not to grant Georgia EU candidate status (unlike Ukraine and Moldova). GD inverts the EU integration framework: CSOs are accused of causing the candidate status denial, justifying the foreign agent framework as a defensive measure. September 2022.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-02","role":"primary","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-01","role":"secondary","label":"Ambient Narrative Seeding","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Legacy Press"],"entities":[{"id":789,"name":"Irakli Kobakhidze (GD chair); Georgian Dream pro-government media; Parliamentary majority (ISFED exclusion)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government Official"},{"id":790,"name":"Open Society Georgia Foundation; civil society sector","role":"target","entity_type":"Individual Organization"}],"date_text":"14/09/2022","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":2,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-09","role":"primary","label":"Political Interference","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-02","role":"secondary","label":"Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-GEO-012"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2022-09-14","campaign_ids":["GEO-CAMP-001"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-01: External Political Event","campaign_phase":"Phase 2: Media Execution","civic_response":"CSOs issue joint statement defending financial transparency; CSOMeter documents as \"warning sign\"; most watchdogs publish annual external audit reports publicly","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Watchdog CSOs labeled as traitors and anti-state actors; ISFED excluded from EU-mandated electoral reform working group; civil society-government dialogue formally excluded; narrative foundation for foreign agent legislation established"}