10 Amendments of Boris ZALA related to 2016/2030(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the information warfare targeting the West was first introduced by the Soviet Unionwas an indisputable fact and an integral part of the Cold War, and has since been an integral part of modern warfare, targeting not only partners of the EU, but also all Member States and citizens irrespective of their nationality or religion;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Russian strategic communicationpropaganda accompanied numerous incidents, including cyber-attacks on Estonia in 2007, the war in Georgia in 2008, disinformation following the Smolensk crash in 2010 and the downing of MH-17 in 2014 and also, on an unprecedented scale, during the annexation of Crimea, aggression against Ukraine and more recently the migration crisis;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Da’'esh and many other Islamic terrorist groups have often used communicationpropaganda strategies as part of their actions against the WestEU and to boost recruitment of European youth;
Amendment 114 #
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 in the eyes and minds of its citizens and eroding westerEuropean values and transatlantic ties;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the multi-layered character of current EU strategic communications at various levels, including NATO, the EU, the Member States, and NGOs as well as civic organisations; calls for the best possible coordination and exchange of information between the different actors involved; believes that, in the EU context, Community institutions should be tasked with such coordination;
Amendment 183 #
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,) multilingual TV stations (Russia Today, RIA Novosti), news agencies (Sputnik), social and religious groups (including the Orthodox church), social media and internet trolls to challenge WesterEuropean values, divide Europe, gather domestic support and create the perception of failing states in the EU’'s eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is seriously concerned by the rapidly growing Russian activity in Europe seeking to increase Russian influence and hegemony; stresses that a large part of Russian strategic communicationpropaganda is aimed at describing countries in central and eastern Europe as belonging to its traditional sphere of influence, thereby undermining their sovereignty; notes that falsifying history is one of its main strategies;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the EU is a targeted audience for Da’'esh and other networks and organizations which promote extreme forms of political Islam, including Wahhabist and Salafist ideologies supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf States; calls for the EU and its Member States to work more closely to protect society, in particular young people, from recruitment and radicalisation; calls on each Member State to investigate the socio-demographic reasons that are at the root cause of vulnerability to radicalisation;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the possible impact of hostile propaganda on decision-making processes in the EU; calls therefore for the EU Strategic Communication Task Force to be reinforced by turning it into a fully- fledged unit within the EEAS, responsible for the eEastern and for the sSouthern neighbourhoods, with proper staffing and adequate budgetary resources;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is convinced that, in order to effectively counteract hostile propaganda, the EU and its Member States need at their disposal deep and comprehensive intelligence to identity and analyse its sources and impact; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to initiate steps towards the establishment of a European Intelligence Agency, endowed with adequate resources and institutional autonomy to provide relevant intelligence that could be used to combat propaganda and strategic communication efforts directed against the EU and its Member States;