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PARIS (Reuters) – Members of the French National Assembly said on Saturday they had asked the president of the lower house of the country’s parliament to set up an investigation committee to look into alleged Russian financing of political parties. In a letter to Yael Braun-Pivet, shown to reporters, MPs said the move was prompted by a recent declassification of U.S. intelligence showing Russia had paid hundreds of millions of euros to foreign political parties “with the aim to … influence elections”. The eight MPs, who belong to French President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party, also noted…