Will we see similar strategies in the lead-up to the European Parliament elections? What tools and narratives are gaining traction? And how can we effectively counter them?
These were the key questions addressed in our workshop on March 13, as part of the project "Strengthening the Resilience of Czech, Slovak, and Polish Society Prior to the 2024 European Parliament Elections." Project partners from AMO, the Adapt Institute, and the EAST Center shared the project's activities and outcomes with attending experts from state institutions, media, and think tanks. They also spotlighted effective anti-disinformation tools used during last year’s presidential elections in the Czech Republic and parliamentary elections in Slovakia and Poland.
The workshop then shifted to an interactive part, where participants were split into groups and tasked with designing their own disinformation campaigns targeting the European Parliament elections, representing either foreign or domestic state and non-state actors. After presenting their campaigns, the groups evaluated their potential effectiveness together. This led to a further discussion on potential countermeasures that could be implemented by individual EU states and the Union as a whole.
