On June 23, 2016, the European Union (EU) experienced the greatest heartbreak in its entire history. With the departure of the United Kingdom, Brexit became a reality. Six hours after the amputation was announced, National Tory Nigel Farage admitted that the big promises of the Brexit campaign – in which Brussels had decided not to intervene – were lies [il avait notamment admis que l’idée de reverser au NHS (le service de santé publique britannique) les 350 millions de livres (430 millions d’euros) que le Royaume-Uni envoyait chaque semaine à l’UE était irréalisable]. “Failing to act was a very serious mistake, confesses today Jesús Carmona, Director of Media at the European Parliament. But it made us wake up.”
Six years after this trauma, the EU faces a major challenge following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, a challenge in which information plays a key role. “The pandemic has made us radically change our posture and the war has accelerated things even further, Carmona explains. Disinformation is not so much a war between countries as a poison for democracy, it can cause citizens to lose interest in democratic life, which can affect the way we operate.”
On the planetary geopolitical chessboard, the EU is an actor with its own interests. This is why the European Parliament seeks to counter narratives that run counter to its interests by spouting positive news about its institutions and supporting journalists and fact-checkers to check and deny the false information disseminated by his opponents.
In the line of fire, those who “undermine the EU”
In an environment where reality is increasingly denied, Brussels is committed to
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El Periódico de Catalunya (Barcelona)“The Journal of Catalonia” was born in 1978. Popular and serious, it is read above all in Barcelona. Initially written in Castilian, it has been enriched since 1997 with a version in Catalan. It belongs to the Prensa Ibérica press group.
The title has always been a pioneer. It was the first Spanish newspaper to launch a digital version, in 1994. It was also the first to launch an edition in Catalan, strictly identical to the Castilian version.
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