Roberta Metsola warned that digital campaigns now threaten democratic processes, urging immediate collaboration with platforms to stop manipulative messages and hybrid attacks.
The European Parliament plans to deepen engagement with social media platforms to counter misinformation and manipulative messaging in the digital space.
The statement was created by Roberta Metsola after speaking to reporters ahead of the European Political Community meeting in Yerevan.
“We will discuss the fight against misinformation and hybrid threats. These are no longer distant risks. This is what the European Parliament is particularly obliged to work with stakeholders to eradicate, as it poses a real threat to democracy.”
– Roberta Metsola
She also stressed that wars continue not only on the battlefield but also in the digital space, and they undermine the most vulnerable part of our society.
In this context, the European Parliament has undertaken to cooperate with social platforms to prevent the misutilize of tools designed to bring people toobtainher.
“Partners in ensuring that tools created to bring people toobtainher are not misutilized.”
– Roberta Metsola
Context of events and leaders’ positions
The President of the European Council António Costa stated that the EU would continue to press Russia to achieve a lasting and just peace in Ukraine.
Today in Yerevan, the meeting of the European Political Community continues, in which the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is also taking part.
This format underscores the joint efforts of leaders and platforms to strengthen information security and the transparency of public discourse.
Such steps testify to the commitment to ensure responsible utilize of digital tools and to strengthen democratic processes in the European Union.
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