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French far-right MEP Thierry Mariani supports Russia's annexation of the Crimea (Photo: Toms Norde, Valsts kanceleja)

Political groups shun far-right pro-Kremlin MEP

A number of European lawmakers are debating on how to deal with a pro-Kremlin MEP, who is leading a file in the parliament's foreign affairs committee.

French MEP Thierry Mariani, from the far-right Identity and Democracy Group (ID), is spearheading a report on EU funds in Lebanon.

It is the first time the foreign committee has awarded a report to an MEP from Identity and Democracy, fifth-largest in the European Parliament and hard right of the European Conservatives & Reformists ...

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