Eight
European Union member states signed a joint letter asking High Representative
of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, to
beef up the fight against Russian propaganda, especially in the Western
Balkans.
The letter
was reportedly sent last week and signed by the foreign ministries of Croatia,
the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom.
It said
that “in the face of unabated third party disinformation campaigns, we see an
urgent need to further enhance the EU’s StratCom capabilities”.
StratCom is
an office founded by the EU to “discover and refute untruths about the EU, that
the EU thinks Russia is spreading”.
As reported
by European Western Balkans, the eight EU members want additional funds to be
invested in innovative technologies.
It is also
reported that StratCom circulates online notes that debunk Russian
disinformation and has attracted 30,000 followers to its Twitter account and
promotes positive coverage of the EU in former Soviet states.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/mogherini-urged-counter-russian-propaganda/