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“During his visit last week, Mr Borrell has not repeatedly defended the interests of the EU,” read a letter to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, signed by more than 80 MEPs.
“We believe that the president of the European Commission should take action if Mr Borrell does not voluntarily resign,” the letter said.
Borrell was criticized after a visit to Moscow, where politicians flocked to demand the release of the jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalna, but to no avail.
Shortly after a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who occasionally showed open hostility, it emerged that Russia had sent three EU diplomats for alleged involvement in protests by Navaln supporters. Borrell asked for the decision to be reversed, but to no avail.
According to the parliamentarians who signed the letter, Borrell should have opposed Lavrov, who spoke of the “arrogance” of the EU in the Navaln case, and stopped the visit as soon as he learned of the expulsion of diplomats.
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