French deputies, who visited this week the Crimea, believe that the official Paris in its foreign policy operating in the shadow of the US capital.

"The French government, from my point of view, currently heavily involved in the game in which it follows in the footsteps of American politics ", - said the head of the delegation of French parliamentarians Thierry Mariani at a press conference in the Russian capital.

French folk elect Claude Goasguen expressed the view that North America, Europe imposing anti-Russian punishment pursues its own desires, making the EU " the fool "." I don't think France should continue to play such a nut, " he noted.

A delegation of 10 French MPs this week called for a Crimea - Yalta, Simferopol and Sevastopol, where he held a number of meetings with the local leadership. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine declared it " an act of disrespect to national sovereignty of Ukraine and conscious violation of the law of Ukraine ". The French foreign Ministry called the visit by the failures of international law.

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