00:03Can the EU overturn the election results ? The answer is obviously no. Yet, false claims about it are still
00:10circulating online. Take a listen.
00:32That was Florian Philippot, President of the French Nationalist Patriots Party. No seats in parliament but a huge social media
00:41base. He's talking about the European Democracy Shield, which has drummed up significant talk on social media ahead of next
00:49week's EU plenary.
00:50It's a broad plan to safeguard democracy and fight foreign interference and disinformation, partly by boosting its network of European
00:59fact-checkers working with social media platforms.
01:02So why are your skeptics latching on to it? One of the biggest doubts is how far should the EU
01:09go in monitoring information while at the same time protecting freedom of speech and pluralism.
01:15However, when it comes to national elections, the EU has no mandate to intervene, as it stressed after the invalidation
01:22of the first round of Romania's 2024 presidential election.
01:26The decision was taken by Romania's constitutional court after the intelligence services claimed that Russia engaged in a massive TikTok
01:35campaign to sway public opinion in favor of an independent far-right candidate.
01:41It was a controversial and critical decision for sure, but ultimately it's set within Romania, not Brussels.
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