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Описание: Asked about British Foreign Secretary's speech at the Conservative Party Conference where he claimed that the EU was trying to stop the UK from leaving, adding: “The EU was set up to protect freedom. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving." The comments were condemned by two former heads of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. When the European Commmission spokesperson Margaritas Schinas was asked about Hunt's comments, he replied that "Respectfully, we would all benefit - particularly foreign secretaries - from opening a history book from time to time."