29/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – The Presidents of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, and the Moldovan Parliament, Igor Grosu, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a joint framework for democracy support activities on Monday 29 November. This support programme could include, inter alia, training, mentoring and capacity building for parliamentary staff and political parties, study visits and exchanges of good practice among parliamentarians, and parliamentary conferences, seminars and round tables. Support also may be provided for the Jean Monnet Dialogues for Peace and Democracy, the dialogues facilitated by the European Parliament between the Moldovan Parliament and civil society, and the ‘Triangles for Democracy’ programme to counter disinformation, hate speech and foreign interference while preserving freedom of expression. (CG)