Smer-SD party rejects this week's call raised by 81 MEPs that urges chief of EU's diplomacy Josep Borrell to step down following his talks with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov, party spokesperson Jan Mazgut told TASR on Friday. In the view of parliamentary vice-chair Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), the dialogue between the EU and shold continue even amnidst the current difficulties, as sanctions will fall short of achieving any diplomatic progress.