The Commission is set to finally unveil the Democracy Shield 🛡️on 12 November! Here is what it will look like and what details will matter. 🧵

Wie steht es um die Demokratie in Europa und welche Rolle kann die deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit bei ihrem Schutz spielen - diese und andere Fragen durfte ich gestern mit
Richard Schneider und Peter Neumann in der Französischen Botschaft besprechen.

Danke für die spannende Diskussion!

Marco Rubio announcing the closing of the US Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office, previously known as the Global Engagement Center yesterday 👇

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2. Civil society organizations, human rights defenders and independent journalists are essential for resilient democracy and should be supported, including through funding. This is especially important as important donors such as OSF are less active in the region. 6/

Foreign interference, especially around elections, is of course a serious issue, but domestic political elites remain key actors in the decline of democracy in Europe. 3/

The Pariser Platz Dialogue about to start with a panel on European competitiveness moderated by @nilsredeker.bsky.social @delorsberlin.bsky.social

This graph by the Bulgarian Romanian Observatory on Digital Media shows how Georgescu's account took off just days before the election.