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Von der Leyen pitches plan to shield EU from foreign interference if re-elected
euronews (in English)
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14/05/2024
Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled plans to set up a European Democracy Shield to protect the EU from malign foreign interference if she secures a second term at the helm of the Commission.
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And to put that into a wider perspective, and this is why, if I'm elected as president,
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the Commission will put forward a European Democracy Shield as one of the key priorities
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of the next Commission, and this should be an ambitious European project that focuses
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on the biggest threats from foreign interference and manipulation.
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The aim of all this is to divide our societies from within,
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and it is this deeper impact on society which I am most concerned about,
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because the point about this malign interference is not just what is being said or done
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in each individual case.
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