EU Parliament calls for sanctions against disinformation

The EU Parliament warns of increasing Chinese disinformation campaigns. To deal with the problem, the Parliament calls for an EU sanctions system. Especially in the Western Balkans, disinformation from the Far East has become „much more difficult,“ Green MEP Viola von Cramon-Taubadel said on Wednesday. Chinese publishers are buying newspapers in the region or founding their own publications, making critical reporting on China in the Western Balkans increasingly difficult. The European Parliament’s Special Committee on Foreign Interference (INGE) is therefore now insisting, among other things, on the introduction of sanctions.