Wallace and Daly defend remarks on foreign policy

The two MEPs’ outspoken positions have been condemned by members of the European Parliament, but they say they are ‘merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the EU’

Clare Daly and Mick Wallace’s views have become a regular feature on state media in countries such as Russia, Belarus and China. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have said they have no concerns over whether their foreign policy views are being used as propaganda in authoritarian states.

The two Independents 4 Change MEPs were responding to allegations that they were using their platform in the European Parliament to parrot “[Vladimir] Putin’s talking points” as pressure mounts on the pair over the position they are taking on certain world issues.

The pair’s views have become a regular feature ...