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EU Parliament Overwhelmingly Votes in Favour of European Democracy Shield

The European Parliament overwhelmingly backed the European Democracy Shield earlier today in Strasbourg, with 420 MEPs (63%) voting in favour, 220 (22%) against and 26 (4%) abstaining. All five Maltese MEPs who voted supported the report. The report identifies Russia as the principal foreign threat to European democratic integrity and calls for stronger EU action against foreign interference, disinformation, cyberattacks and “hybrid” operations.…
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"The risk of foreign interference in European democratic systems exists, but individual nations have already demonstrated their maturity" . The MEP of Fratelli d'Italia Stefano Cavedagna declares it, explaining the reasons for the opposition of the ECR delegation to the European resolution intended to establish a so-called democratic center in Brussels. According to Cavedagna, the creation of such a [...] The article Democratic Shield: Cavedagna…

The European Parliament has called on the EU to move from a reactive to a proactive approach to hybrid threats and has identified Russia as the country posing the most serious hybrid threat to the Union. The report by Lithuanian MEP Rasa Jukneviciene from the European People's Party (EPP) was adopted by 470 votes in favour, 129 against and 62 abstentions. According to MEPs, hybrid attacks against the EU are increasing and are carried out both di…

This morning, in the European Union's Political Commission, I signalled the resolution adopted yesterday by the European Parliament, following a lively debate in this House, on the need to strengthen our democracies against foreign interference, misinformation, hybrid threats, risks related to artificial intelligence, deepfake and algorithms. The resolution underlines the importance of protecting the integrity of electoral processes, [...] The a…

STRASBURGO (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) - Democracy is threatened. Many times we have witnessed attempts to disinformation and foreign interference aimed at dividing us. Attempts to erode confidence in our democratic fabric and in the free media. Election campaigns poisoned by foreign propaganda. Conspiracy theories powered by viral deepfake videos ...

The European Parliament approved a report on the conclusions of the Special Commission on the European Shield for Democracy (EUDS) with 420 in favour, 220 against and 26 abstentions, with concrete recommendations on:

The European Parliament has approved a strengthening of the European Shield for Democracy, with the aim of countering hybrid threats, disinformation and foreign interference. The interventions proposed by Parliament are multiple and range from strengthening the digital Resilience of the European Public Prosecutor's Office to extending the powers of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, to protecting critical infrastructure. The interpretation…

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fpoe.at broke the news on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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