EU steps up fight against disinformation

The EU fears being put on the defensive by disinformation and manipulation from Russia. The foreign ministers now want to take countermeasures – with a new toolbox, they decided on Monday at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The EU Commission and Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, were tasked with drafting this „hybrid toolbox“ to counter threats, which are summarized under the acronym FIMI („Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference“).