David Sassoli, speaker of the European Parliament, believes that Moscow tried to attack the “heart of European democracy” when it blacklisted a number of EU citizens
As reported by News Front, earlier eight EU citizens were deprived of the right to enter the territory of Russia. Among others, this list includes David Sassoli himself. The decision was Russia’s mirror response to the ban on six Russian citizens entering the EU.
“I believe they have made an attempt to attack the heart of European democracy”, – Sassoli told Italian radio station Radio1 on Saturday, May 1.
He said the situation shows that the European Parliament is fulfilling its duty to defend the values and freedoms of the rule of law, in which Europeans are “in love”.
“Naturally, we will work to ensure that Russian citizens also get a legal and democratic state”, – the politician stated.