MEPs Fight Foreign Interference in EU Elections: Special Committee Report

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MEPs call for a coordinated strategy against foreign interference and information manipulation to protect the European elections and increase the EU’s resilience and discuss the report by the Special Committee on foreign interference. The report includes recommendations for a coordinated EU strategy and addresses issues such as interference on online platforms or protection of critical infrastructure and strategic sectors. MEPs receive answers from the Commission on how it plans to ensure that the existing tools against information manipulation and new initiatives, such as the defence of democracy package, will help protect the integrity of the 2024 elections. Opening statements by Sandra KALNIETE, Rapporteur, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Chair of ING2 Special Committee and by Věra JOUROVÁ, VP of the European Commission in charge of Values and Transparency. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery.

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