Resolution on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties

Summary:

Resolution adopted by the European Parliament in November 2016 on the European Union's strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties.

Further information:

The Resolution - approved by the European Parliament's plenary session on 23 November 2016 - underlines the importance of the following:

• Strengthening media plurality and the objectivity, impartiality and independence of the media with the European Union (EU) and its neighbourhood;
• Enhancing cooperation among the Member States' intelligence services;
• Communicating EU policies coherently and effectively and providing tailored communications to specific regions;
• Raising awareness, education, online media and information literacy in the EU and in the Neighbourhood.

The European Parliament calls on the European Commission to advance certain legal initiatives in order to be more effective and accountable in dealing with disinformation and propaganda.

• Primary Source

Official

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Taking stock of the follow-up taken by the EEAS two years after the EP Report on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties. Recommendation to the Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to the Council http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil-mobile/fiche-procedure/2018/2115(INI)

European Parliament: Press Release, 22.01.19: Hostile propaganda: the EU must develop a firm response http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190122IPR24011/

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