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Europe’s Awakening to the FIMI Challenge: How the EU Can Counter Foreign Manipulation and Interference Threats
The 4th EEAS report on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), published in March, marks another step on the EU’s path to conceptualize and respond to information threats. While Russia continues to dominate the…
China’s Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in Europe
What form do China’s information manipulation and influence activities take in Europe? What narratives do they push? How do they reach European audiences? What is there to learn from the specific case of Poland…
China’s Influence in CEE and Why Europe Must Start Shaping Its Own Narratives
This article is based on a policy brief titled ‘Borrowed mouths and laundered messages: China’s influence playbook in Europe’ originally published on March 9, 2026, by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). When Europeans discuss foreign…