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Gazprom and other Russian lobbyists no longer have access to the EU parliament. (Photo: qwertyuiop)

EU parliament revokes Russian lobbyist badges

Accredited Russian lobbyists will no longer be allowed inside the European Parliament.

European parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday (2 June) had told the conference of presidents, which is where the leaders of the parliament's political groups meet, that she wanted the accreditations revoked.

Philippe Lamberts, co-president of the Greens, welcomed the move.

"We thank president Metsola for acting on our request to withdraw Russian lobbyists' accreditation from t...

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Gazprom and other Russian lobbyists no longer have access to the EU parliament. (Photo: qwertyuiop)

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