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Foreign interference a threat to democratic security in Europe

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 16131 | 08 April 2025

Signatories:
Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena MOSHENETS, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, ECPA ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, ECPA ; Ms Lesia ZABURANNA, Ukraine, ALDE
Origin
2025 - Second part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 4, insert the following paragraph:

"Social media serves as a key instrument for authoritarian regimes to disseminate false and misleading information as part of State policy. Among those engaged in such activities are so-called "journalists", "bloggers", and "influencers" who spread covert propaganda while being financed by Russian authorities. Notable examples include Anatolii and Olga Sharii, Diana Panchenko, Kseniia Sobchak. Presented as "independent journalists", and having a large audience, they systematically promote Russian propaganda to divide European society and destabilise European countries from the inside, to justify the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, and to manipulate public opinion in favor of the Russian Federation."

Explanatory note

Not only classic media but also social media, bloggers, influencers, and other tools are used as a form of foreign interference.