00:12In Katimini, der vote in den Europäischen Parlement kann den
00:31Das war Florian Philippot, Präsident der Patriots-Nationalisten-Patriots-Party.
00:38Keine Sitz im Parlament, aber eine große Basis-Media-Media-Paz.
00:41Er spricht über die Europäische Demokratie-Shield,
00:44which has drummed up significant talk on social media
00:48ahead of next week's EU plenary.
00:50It's a broad plan to safeguard democracy
00:53and fight foreign interference and disinformation,
00:56partly by boosting its network of European fact-checkers
01:00working with social media platforms.
01:02So why are your skeptics latching onto it?
01:05One of the biggest doubts is
01:07how far should the EU go in monitoring information
01:11while at the same time protecting freedom of speech and pluralism.
01:15However, when it comes to national elections,
01:17the EU has no mandate to intervene,
01:20as it stressed after the invalidation of the first round of Romania's 2024 presidential election.
01:26The decision was taken by Romania's Constitutional Court
01:30after the intelligence services claimed that Russia engaged in a massive TikTok campaign
01:36to sway public opinion in favor of an independent far-right candidate.
01:41It was a controversial and critical decision for sure,
01:45but ultimately it sat within Romania, not Brussels.
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