UK, Denmark back pro-EU media plan

EUObserver reported on an informal paper endorsed by Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom and circulated to other EU Member States in January 2015, which said that more effective EU initiatives were required to counter increasingly professional and intense Russian propaganda.

The paper called for the European External Action Service to draw up an 'action plan' for 2015 and 2016 on how to 'actively de-construct … hostile propaganda'.

EUObserver had also reported in a separate article on a Dutch-funded project being carried out by the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) to investigate the feasibility and desirability for the development of independent Russian language media initiatives.

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EurActiv [Opinion], 18.11.14: EU communication versus Russian propaganda http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/eu-communication-versus-russian-propaganda-310056

ESO: Background information: While Russia’s narrative on Ukraine has been misleading, it should not be excluded from media reports in the West http://www.europeansources.info/record/while-russias-narrative-on-ukraine-has-been-misleading-it-should-not-be-excluded-from-media-reports-in-the-west/

EUObserver, 08.01.15: EU mulls response to Russia's information war https://euobserver.com/foreign/127135

Blog: Matisak's Blog, 14.01.15: Russian propaganda vs. EU’s propaganda? https://matisak.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/russian-propaganda-vs-eus-propaganda/

EurActiv, 30.01.15: Moscow launches French language propaganda platform http://www.euractiv.com/sections/europes-east/moscow-launches-french-language-propaganda-platform-311703

EurActiv, 29.01.15: Analyst: Russia focusing its propaganda on Kyiv http://www.euractiv.com/sections/europes-east/analyst-russia-focusing-its-propaganda-kyiv-311645

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