Council conclusions on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)

Summary:

Set of conclusions adopted by the Council of the European Union on 18 July 2022, aimed at stepping up the European Union's engagement and ability to respond to foreign information manipulation and interference.

Further information:

The conclusions underline how foreign information manipulation and interference is often used as part of broader hybrid campaigns and aims at misleading, deceiving and destabilising democratic societies, by creating and exploiting cultural and societal frictions in a strategic and coordinated manner.

The Council invites all relevant stakeholders to step up work towards the development of international principles on disinformation and FIMI. It also calls on the EU's High Representative and the European Commission to present options for well-defined measures that could be taken against FIMI actors when it is necessary to protect EU public order and security.

This set of conclusions was adopted at a meeting of the Council of the European Union held on 18 July 2022.

Official

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 18/07/2022: Foreign information manipulation and interference: Council approves conclusions stepping up EU's engagement and ability to respond https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/18/foreign-information-manipulation-and-interference-council-approves-conclusions-stepping-up-eu-s-engagement-and-ability-to-respond/

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