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Disinformation campaigns likely to undermine EU elections, experts say

Attempts to delegitimise the upcoming EU elections in June and discourage the public from voting are expected “to be very much prevalent”, the European Parliament and experts have warned.

Speaking at the event “Safeguarding Democracy” dedicated to the role of media on Tuesday (12 March), Hernández-Echevarría said he expects this narrative to be “very much prevalent during the next European parliamentary elections”. The technical equipment or the online voting system has also been questioned in the disinformation efforts, Delphine Colard, deputy spokesperson of the European Parliament told journalists on Tuesday (12 March). According to Vladimír Bilčík (EPP, SK), a member of the Special Committees on Foreign Interference, the previous self-regulation did not work and is the reason why the DSA is now in place.

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