9 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2016/2030(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas information and communications warfare technologies are being employed in order to legitimize actions threatening EU members states' sovereignty, political independence, the security of their citizens and their territorial integrity;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that strategic propaganda against the EU comes in many different forms and uses various tools, often tailored to match Member States’ profiles, with the goal of provoking doubt, paralysing the decision-making process, discrediting the EU institutions and transatlantic partnerships such as the TTIP and NATO in the eyes and minds of its citizens and eroding western values and transatlantic ties;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Warns also that authoritarian states, by conducting disinformation campaigns, tries to affect public opinion and the democratic decision-making process, aiming to undermine public trust, openness and democracy;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reminds that information campaigns are not only conducted through disinformation, but also by overloading the media space with nonsense and contradictory truths;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that Russia has been aggressively employing a wide range of tools and instruments, such as special foundations (Russkiy Mir,), special authorities (Rossotrudnichestvo), multilingual TV stations (Russia TodayT, RIA Novosti), news agencies (Sputnik), social and religious groups (including the Russian Orthodox church), social media and internet trolls to challenge Western values, divide Europe, gather domestic support and create the perception of failing states in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that security and intelligence services concludes that Russia has the capacity and intention of conducting operations aimed at destabilizing other countries; points out that this often takes the form of support to political extremists and large scale disinformation and mass media campaigns; furthermore notices that such media companies are present and active in the EU;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Argues that Russian strategic communication is part of a larger subversive campaign to weaken the EU cooperation and the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of the union and its Member States; urges Member States' governments to be vigilant towards Russian information operations on European soil, increase capacity sharing and counterintelligence efforts aimed at countering such operations;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the communication on the Joint Framework on countering hybrid threats and calls for the implementation of its recommendations without delay; stresses that the Joint Framework needs an open understanding of what constitutes a hybrid threat as opposed to other threats; calls on countries holding the rotating presidency of the EU to always include strategic communications as part of their programme in order to ensure continuity of work on this topic; welcomes the initiatives and achievements of the Latvian Presidency in this regard;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the responsibility of Member States to actively, preventively, and in cooperation counter hostile information operations on their territories or aimed towards their interests; urges Member States' governments to develop their own strategic communications capabilities;