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Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD), the eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament, has distanced itself from suggestions that it might have something to do with books smearing Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that were distributed to all EP members last month.
Smear campaign against Lithuanian president in EP points to EFDD
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"The distribution of the book Red Dalia has never been an initiative of the EFDD Group. Furthermore, the EFDD Group has never given any kind of support to it," the group said in a statement that was further issued in Lithuania by the Order and Justice party.

The statement also said that "in

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