French people's choice said about a shift from the post at PACE because of his visit to Crimea
French MP Thierry Mariani, who led the delegation of the deputies of the Fifth Republic during a trip to Crimea in July, said he was asked to resign as Vice-President of the party group of the European people's party in PACE.
A trip to the Crimea and my statements "has caused concern among members of the party groups," said Mariani, who is also a people's choice National Assembly of France and co-chair of the Association " Franco-Russian dialogue ". Mariani said he received a letter from PACE, where he is asked to leave the post, transfers RIA " news ". Recall, in July a group of 10 French MPs led by Mariani made the train to the Crimean Peninsula. In July, Mariani said that it plans to pay another visit to the Russian region in October. Then the head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Vladimir Ariev asked the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to consider the range of possibilities Mariani. In Crimea on March 16 of last year held a referendum on the status of autonomy, more 96% of participants who were in favor of joining region in Russia. 21 March 2014 the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law on ratification of the agreement on joining of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia and signed the decree about formation of the Crimean Federal district.