a Group of European politicians, which includes MEPs from France and politicians from Bulgaria, Germany and Sweden, arrived in Crimea to monitor the vote on the amendments to the Constitution of Russia.
In the delegation of five MEPs of France – including for the seventh time, arriving in the Crimea, Thierry Mariani, and Virginie Goron, Herve, Yves Marie Claude Zhuven, Jean-Lin LaChapelle and Philip Olivier. Germany is a member of the Parliament of Berlin Gunnar Lindeman, Bulgaria – Deputy Chairman of the party “Alternative for Bulgarian Revival” Lubomir Ganchev, ex-CEC member Bulgaria Martin raytchev Raykov. From Sweden – journalist and ex-Deputy of the Parliament of the Scandinavian countries Eric Almquist.
At the airport of Simferopol, the foreign guests met with the Chairman of the state Council of the Republic Vladimir Konstantinov and the Chairman of the Parliament Committee on public diplomacy and international relations Yuriy gempel.
– the Crimea remains in the zone of heightened attention of European politicians, – said the head of the delegation, member of the European Parliament Committee on foreign Affairs, President of the Association “Franco-Russian dialogue” Thierry Mariani. – We want to see how the vote in Crimea. The first time I came to the Peninsula in 1995, when he was still part of Ukraine. And I see with my own eyes, what evolution is region – from stagnation to revival. Like sleeping beauty, reborn Crimea after reunification with Russia.
According to Mariani, made in the Constitution amendment on the priority of national law over international allows the Russians to take the country’s fate in their hands.
– This is very important. We have the European Union often dictates its own laws, and countries belonging to it do not always agree with them, explained Mariani his position. In particular, it concerns the mass migration of Muslims. Your example, when the citizens determine the future of the country is very encouraging. I hope that he will show the right way for France and other EU countries.
All members of the foreign delegation before the trip to the Crimea passed examination for coronavirus, so they do not need, as required by the decree of the head of the RK on high-alert, take the sample at COVID-19. In Crimea, the Europeans will stay for two days. Today they will watch the vote in the Crimean Yalta and Simferopol, and then share their impressions with journalists.
In the Republic of Crimea my opinion about the amendments to the Constitution was expressed by more than a million citizens, or about 70 percent of eligible voters.
