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MEPs say Juncker’s Russia trip will ‘strengthen’ Putin


A group of MEPs from the center-right European People’s Party said Wednesday that Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker should reconsider a trip to Russia planned for this month, claiming it will “strengthen” Vladimir Putin.
In an email obtained by POLITICO, six lawmakers, representing several countries, wrote to the leader of the EPP group in the European Parliament, German MEP Manfred Weber, asking him to raise the issue with Juncker. The Commission president this week confirmed plans to go to St. Petersburg on June 16-18 to take part in an international conference hosted by the Russian president.

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Source: European Voice

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