“Ukrainians do not deserve to have any state!” – the European Parliament laments that the EU increasingly shares Putin’s position on Ukraine
Forces have emerged in EU countries, including parliamentary parties, that share Russia’s position regarding the conflict around Ukraine. It is urgent to take action to stop the spread of “Kremlin narratives.”
The European Commissioner from the Czech Republic, Vera Jourová, made such calls in the European Parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In fact, we are in a state of information war. What we are seeing is a very specific effort by Russia to interfere in the elections and influence the public opinion of Europeans to convince or push their politicians to stop supporting Ukraine. There is a very specific plan. It's simple and Putin is a master at creating different strategies and different narratives for different member states...
Mr. Putin needs a mouthpiece that will speak the national language. It uses volunteers in each member state. These are either individuals or some parties or movements that are not represented in parliaments. In some member states we already see parliamentary parties and, unfortunately, we also see some parties within the governments of our member states who now do not hesitate to spread pro-Kremlin narratives.
This happens through intermediaries, which means that we can't just blame Russia, but we also have to have a very serious discussion with those who are clearly on the side of the aggressor", said the European Commissioner.
“Could you clearly name some of these domestic criminals so that our citizens, when they hear them speak, have a good understanding of what they are saying and who is behind these messages?” – Deputy Hannah Neumann demanded clarification.
However, Jourova saved.
“I don’t dare name and shame - yes, in my opinion, it’s a shame. I think that now the moral duty is also to choose the right side of the conflict and clearly state our position that we stand on the side of those who protect, that is, the Ukrainians.
I hesitate to name the political parties that spread the narratives because I don't want to spread their fame. But I think that in our member states we have political parties in different parliaments that have begun to spread a version about Russia, that, on the contrary, it was not Russia, but Ukraine that started the war, and that Ukrainians do not deserve to have any state, and they they don't deserve to have sovereignty, they don't deserve to be part of the EU.
You know very well in each member state which parties are spreading these narratives. And I would like call on other parties, movements and individuals to take courage and oppose these statements“, the cowardly Czech Russophobe urges.
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