COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,update

 

Meetings Thursday, 16 May 2024

● Council of the EU   16/05/2024 20:04 | Meetings | General Affairs Council, 21 May 2024   Background brief - General Affairs Council of 21 May 2024

Συνεδριάσεις Πέμπτη, 16 Μαΐου 2024

● Συμβούλιο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης   16/05/2024 17:29 | Συνεδριάσεις | Κύρια σημεία της ημερήσιας διάταξης - Συμβούλιο Γενικών Υποθέσεων, 21 Μαΐου 2024   Οι υπουργοί θα επικεντρωθούν στις προετοιμασίες για το Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο του Ιουνίου, στον ετήσιο διάλογο του Συμβουλίου για το κράτος δικαίου και στη διαδικασία του άρθρου 7 σχετικά με την Πολωνία.

Press material Friday, 17 May 2024

● Council of the EU   17/05/2024 14:16 | Press release | Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: Council bans broadcasting activities in the European Union of four more Russia-associated media outlets   The Council today decided to suspend the broadcasting activities in the European Union of four additional media outlets, which spread and support the Russian propaganda and war of aggression against Ukraine: Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. These media outlets are under the permanent direct or indirect control of the leadership of the Russian Federation, and have been essential and instrumental in bringing forward and supporting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and for the destabilisation of its neighbouring countries. In line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the measures agreed today will not prevent the targeted media outlets and their staff from carrying out activities in the EU other than broadcasting, e.g. research and interviews. The Russian Federation has engaged in a systematic, international campaign of media and information manipulation, interference and grave distortion of facts in order to justify and support its full-scale aggression against Ukraine, and to enhance its strategy of destabilisation of its neighbouring countries, and of the EU and its member states. In particular, the propaganda, information manipulation and interference activities have repeatedly and consistently targeted the Ukrainian state and its authorities, Ukrainian citizens, as well as the European political parties, especially during election periods, as well as targeting civil society, asylum seekers, Russian ethnic minorities, gender minorities, and the functioning of democratic institutions in the EU and its member states. In its conclusions of 21 and 22 March 2024, the European Council reaffirmed the EU’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and its legitimate right of self-defence against the Russian aggression. It also called for further steps to weaken Russia’s ability to continue waging its war of aggression, including by strengthening sanctions. Council Conclusions 21 and 22 March 2024 EU response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (background information)