Foreign interference in the EU’s political affairs, through acts of corruption or disinformation campaigns, occupied the morning of the European Parliament’s plenary session on Thursday 1 June.
MEPs adopted a report calling for a “coordinated strategy” by the EU to deal with covert foreign influence (469 votes in favour, 71 against, 75 abstentions) (see EUROPE B13170A25). At the same time, they questioned the Vice-President of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, on the...