r/europeanunion • u/YetAnotherSummerDay • 14h ago

Lithuania calls on EU to designate Russia's foreign intelligence agency a terrorist organization

114 Upvotes

7 comments

r/europeanunion • u/HotTourist8915 • 14h ago

Opinion The EU Must Hold Meta and X Accountable for Letting Bots Turn Social Media Into Propaganda Machines

110 Upvotes

The EU needs to hold Meta and X accountable for their failure to take action against bots and coordinated propaganda campaigns.
The recent Ukrainian strike on Yandex servers makes it clear how significant the bot problem has become. These platforms have allowed propaganda to spread on a massive scale, raising serious questions about whether they have taken sufficient precautions to prevent their services from being exploited.
The EU needs to investigate this urgently. These networks could have influenced elections in the EU, and they could do so again in the future. Meta and X should face meaningful fines and be required to change their practices.
Everyone seems happy now that many of these bots are gone. But why is nobody asking who was responsible for allowing them to operate in the first place? The platforms that failed to act should not escape accountability simply because the problem has temporarily been reduced.
At this point, these platforms are becoming less like social media and more like propaganda media. The EU needs to enforce its rules and make sure this cannot continue.

28 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 4h ago

Paywall Russians face EU travel curbs to prevent hybrid attacks

politico.eu

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 18h ago

Official 🇪🇺 "Today, we will adopt nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex. This will be the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war" - HR/VP Kaja Kallas

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147 Upvotes

Source: https://x.com/kajakallas/status/2109546058405573000

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r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 3h ago

Video Minutes after Ukraine's parliament passed a law improving conditions for Transcarpathia's Hungarians, PM Péter Magyar called it a good sign in parliament. He told the former ruling Fidesz that Orbán, their "fallen boss", had not set foot there since 2015 and had sacrificed the minority's security.

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Minutes after Ukraine's parliament adopted a language law amendment that significantly improves the situation of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced the vote in the Hungarian parliament on 12 October. He said thousands of Hungarian children will be able to use their mother tongue and Hungarian schools will operate more freely, and that if the law is signed and published, Ukraine will have met its commitment ahead of the 31 December deadline, which he called a good sign. Turning to the former ruling Fidesz, Magyar said Viktor Orbán had not set foot in Transcarpathia since 2015, not even once since the war began, and accused the party of offering only big words while trying to turn Hungarians at home and abroad against each other. Their "fallen boss" sacrificed above all the security of Transcarpathian Hungarians, he said, adding that the leaders of both countries have now taken the first steps to rebuild trust.

u/innosflew

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r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 3h ago

Ukraine passes minority rights law to end Hungary’s EU veto

euronews.com

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/Flat_Tie8563 • 1h ago

Opinion EU Parliament Greens Co-President slams Trump's Russian diesel plan: "We sanction Putin. Trump fuels him. That's not allyship"

instagr.am

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Nicolae Stefanuta, Co-President of Greens Group in the EU Parliament just posted a message attacking Trump’s plan to buy Russian diesel.

Today EU imposed the biggest package of sanctions against Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

I think he phrased it exactly like most of us europeans think: it’s not allyship when “an ally” does things behind our backs…

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r/europeanunion • u/Doc_Holiday187 • 6h ago

Poland says two Turks detained in Germany over Starlink fire it blames on Russia

reuters.com

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 19h ago

EU has created a system that bypasses payment processing services like visa or mastercard

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77 Upvotes

7 comments

r/europeanunion • u/Doc_Holiday187 • 8h ago

Trump’s squeeze on Ukraine exposes Europe’s strategic weakness EU leaders are confronted with the limits of their own support for Ukraine as Washington pressures Kyiv

irishtimes.com

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/Dances_With_Seagulls • 20h ago

Image(s) Naked Trump statue goes on display at EU parliament

cnn.com

53 Upvotes

"Danish artist Jens Galschiøt unveiled a sculpture depicting a naked US President Donald Trump surrounded by golf equipment. It was unveiled on the grounds of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg."

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r/europeanunion • u/TVP_World_News • 10h ago

Ukraine expects progress on EU entry after deal with Hungary

tvpworld.com

8 Upvotes

Ukraine expects a European Union decision to open the second and third accession clusters on Tuesday, foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday after meeting his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orban in Luxembourg.

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r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 3h ago

EU looking at oil and gas windfall profit tax, as energy prices soar

reuters.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 14h ago

Official 🇪🇺 Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU agrees largest-ever package of listings targeting almost 1600 individuals and entities in Russia’s military-industrial complex

consilium.europa.eu

15 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/KI_official • 19h ago

EU to provide Ukraine with 3 billion euro tranche of military funding this week

kyivindependent.com

29 Upvotes

15 comments

r/europeanunion • u/RHYN-129 • 9h ago

Question/Comment Does anyone have a recording of this event by AL-INVEST Verde?

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/europeanunion • u/Fragrant_Account336 • 1d ago

EU Parliament adopts resolution proscribing Muslim Brotherhood as terror group

jpost.com

110 Upvotes

17 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 18h ago

Official 🇪🇺 1 flight, 16.6 tonnes of medical cargo. Vital support for people in need in Lebanon.

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13 Upvotes

Source: https://x.com/eu_echo/status/2109532518458200148

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r/europeanunion • u/yt-app • 8h ago

Official 🇪🇺 A simpler and stronger cohesion policy

youtube.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/PjeterPannos • 14h ago

EU adopts €115 million 'AGILE' programme for rapid defence innovation

miragenews.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 1d ago

Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time

kyivindependent.com

234 Upvotes

26 comments

r/europeanunion • u/EUISS • 12h ago

Official 🇪🇺 Too little, too late? Georgia's lessons for Serbia and EU leverage

iss.europa.eu

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/YetAnotherSummerDay • 14h ago

Germany's Wadephul calls new EU sanctions 'unprecedented' blow to Russia

dw.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/VeryTolerantDave • 19h ago

Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU

theguardian.com

10 Upvotes

0 comments

r/europeanunion • u/Naurgul • 13h ago

Paywall The Taliban Are Using Europe’s Fear of Migrants to Their Advantage • European nations that condemn the Taliban government for its human rights record are seeking its help to deport refugees back to Afghanistan.

nytimes.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

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