{"id":22867,"date":"2022-06-02T20:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=22867"},"modified":"2022-06-02T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:46:49","slug":"european-parliament-bans-russian-lobbyists-from-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/02\/european-parliament-bans-russian-lobbyists-from-premises\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament bans Russian lobbyists from premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\"><strong>The European Parliament announced on Thursday that it has banned all Russian lobbyists from its premises to prevent them spreading Moscow \u201cpropaganda\u201d about Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, Agence France-Presse reports. <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"dcr-192pdjc\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"dcr-192pdjc\"><p>\u201cEffective immediately, Russian company representatives are no longer allowed to enter European Parliament premises,\u201d <strong>the European Parliament president Roberta Metsola <\/strong>said on Twitter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"6bdd3594-5cdb-4f2c-9385-9c756856c920\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"tweet-container-6bdd3594-5cdb-4f2c-9385-9c756856c920\" class=\"dcr-ard5ae\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Metsola urged all other EU institutions, including the European Commission and the European Council, to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">A parliament spokesman said the ban was a response to \u201cRussia creating and spreading false narratives about the war in Ukraine through multiple channels, including through state-owned companies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The prohibition applies to Russian companies listed as employing lobbyists to the EU as well as those on the bloc\u2019s sanction blacklist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The parliament in 2015 had already banned Russian diplomats from its premises, which include chambers and annexes in Brussels and the French city of Strasbourg, in response to Moscow banning several EU politicians vociferous over its annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\"><strong>German MEP Erik Marquardt, of the Greens,<\/strong> welcomed the ban saying that \u201cespecially oil and gas lobbyists\u201d working on behalf of Russian companies had been trying to \u201cspread propaganda and disinformation\u201d in recent months.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e2d34b09-ed69-4fff-8e79-d407fc8aaa57\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/29121a9952647be3982f2cbc1ead501747e31be8\/0_92_3898_2340\/master\/3898.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=4f02074e448abc3c9acc78ebc987831f\" alt=\"President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola holds a press conference ahead of EU Leaders\u2019 Summit in Brussels on May 30, 2022.\" width=\"3898\" height=\"2340\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"e2d34b09-ed69-4fff-8e79-d407fc8aaa57\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola holds a press conference ahead of EU Leaders\u2019 Summit in Brussels on May 30, 2022.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament announced on Thursday that it has banned all Russian lobbyists from its premises to prevent them spreading Moscow \u201cpropaganda\u201d about Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, Agence France-Presse reports. &nbsp; \u201cEffective immediately, Russian company representatives are no longer allowed to enter European Parliament premises,\u201d the European Parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Twitter. 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