Russia treats CEE as its sphere of influence: Polish MEP
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
24.11.2016 11:35
Russia is treating Central and Eastern Europe as its sphere of influence, Polish MEP Anna Fotyga said on Thursday.
Anna Fotyga. Photo: Wikipedia/GFDL 1.2/Archive of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland – www.prezydent.pl.
Fotyga, a former foreign minister from Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party, told Polish Radio that such behavior by Moscow undermines the sovereignty of countries which arose after the collapse of the Soviet Union and which are now members of the European Union.
She was speaking a day after the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution calling for action in response to increasing Russian and Islamist propaganda directed against the EU.
Fotyga initiated the resolution, which was approved by 304 votes to 179, with 208 abstentions. It said that the “Kremlin is funding political parties and other organisations within the EU.”
The resolution warned that propaganda pressure from Russia and the Middle East is distorting the truth, inciting fear, provoking doubt and dividing the EU.
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Source: IAR