Turning Words into Action: Media Support Within the European Democracy Shield | European Partnership for Democracy To discuss the road that lies ahead to truly strengthen media freedom and media viability, we invite you to attend this High-Level discussion, convened by the European Partnership for Democracy and th...

🗓️ Want to meet them? Join us on 24 March and participate in the debate on how to ensure media viability through the #EuropeanDemocracyShield.

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📌 The #EuropeanDemocracyShield is a first of its kind: it recognises that foreign information manipulation and disinformation are not marginal issues, but structural threats to Europe’s democratic cohesion and security.

Join us on 24 March and participate in the debate on how to ensure media viability through the #EuropeanDemocracyShield.

📌 The #EuropeanDemocracyShield is a first of its kind: it recognises that foreign information manipulation and disinformation are not marginal issues, but structural threats to Europe’s democratic cohesion and security.

🇪🇺 The first panel will focus on the Media Resilience Programme proposed under the #EuropeanDemocracyShield.

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📌 Hundreds of journalists are detained, threatened and even killed by authoritarian regimes every year. Fighting for their freedom means fighting for the fundamental values of democracy, freedom for everyone and equality.

The #EuropeanDemocracyShield is an opportunity that cannot be missed. 🧵

PANEL 1 The Media Resilience Programme: Needs and Expectations Moderated by Tom Gibson, EU Representative, Committee to Protect Journalists Barbara Massing Director General, Deutsche Welle Simona Constantin Member of the Cabinet of European Commissioner Michael McGrath, Maksym Butkevych Ukrainian human rights activist and journalist, supported by IFPIM

🇪🇺 The first panel will focus on the Media Resilience Programme proposed under the #EuropeanDemocracyShield.

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🎙️ On 4 March, EPD was at the @eesc.bsky.social Civil Society Week with Democracy International and Culture Action Europe, and organised a workshop on the #EuropeanDemocracyShield with 3 roundtables on:

🔵 citizen participation
🔵 information integrity
🔵 societal resilience 🧵

Inside the European Democracy Shield: Engaging Citizens and Strengthening Societal Resilience Dashiell Decker To tackle today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges, societies depend on pluralist media, informed citizens, and public trust. Sustainable development is not only about po...

Final blog in #EuropeanDemocracyShield series: Pillar 3 seeks to advance #MediaLiteracy & #MediaResilience to help citizens navigate chaotic #news, resist #manipulation and #polarization, and sustain democratic #participation in the digital era.

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Online safety and disinformation are major concerns shared from north to south, the newest Eurobarometer shows. Whole-of-society approach and knowing russia's playbook helps to build resilience. Now with #EuropeanDemocracyShield launched, time to activate our swords across EU.

Key takeaways:
▪️#FactChecking as Infrastructure: The proposed #EuropeanDemocracyShield recognizes that information integrity is vital democratic infrastructure. It’s time to move beyond short-term projects toward long-term stability.

Inside the European Democracy Shield: Safeguarding Integrity in the Information Space Dashiell Decker Will the European Democracy Shield meaningfully address the vulnerabilities it identifies—or will its impact be hindered by implementation gaps, political trade-offs, and funding limit...

The 2nd post of our series on the #EuropeanDemocracyShield is out. How is safeguarding #InformationIntegrity meant to function in practice?

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#RightToTruth #RightToReality #MediaIntegrity #Disinformation #FakeNews #KeepDemocracyAlive #PlatformAccountability

📸 As Commissioner Michael McGrath reminded us, threats to #LocalDemocracy are not abstract. If we fail to act, they can erode local institutions and damage our communities

The launch of the Observatory is a concrete step to prevent that

#EuropeanDemocracyShield

Von offen totalitären Anwandlungen wie dem #EuropeanDemocracyShield, das unter dem Vorwand, 'hybriden Bedrohungen für europäische Demokratien und Wahlprozesse entgegenwirken' zu wollen,…

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European Democracy Shield Bolstering independent media at the core of democratic resilience On 13 November 2025, the European Commission adopted its European Democracy Shield, a new flagship strategy for strengthening democratic resilience within the bloc, with a key focus on free and independent media, fighting disinformation and creating healthier information ecosystems.

In the face of rising digital manipulation, shrinking civic space and collapsing media business models, the #EuropeanDemocracyShield offers an important opportunity to ensure safety of journalists and media viability, but only if turned into action.
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MEDem welcomes the European Democracy Shield - Monitoring Electoral Democracy MEDem welcomes the European Democracy Shield The European Commission’s newly presented European Democracy Shield sets a clear agenda for strengthening democratic resilience across the EU. Its emphasis...

The #EuropeanDemocracyShield is an important step toward coordinated, evidence-driven democratic resilience in the EU.
Its focus on a protected information space, free and fair elections, and evidence-based policymaking aligns closely with MEDem’s mission.

We fully support this initiative.

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Join #AI4Debunk, @titanthinking.bsky.social, #AI4Trust #AICODEPROJECT, #ELLIOT-EU and us to explore how #AI strengthens democracy and counters #disinformation!
Supported by @disinfo.eu and @edmo-eu.bsky.social.
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European Democracy Shield Bolstering independent media at the core of democratic resilience On 13 November 2025, the European Commission adopted its European Democracy Shield, a new flagship strategy for strengthening democratic resilience within the bloc, with a key focus on free and independent media, fighting disinformation and creating healthier information ecosystems.

In the face of rising digital manipulation, shrinking civic space and collapsing media business models, the #EuropeanDemocracyShield offers an opportunity to ensure safety of journalists and media viability, but only if turned into concrete action 👇
https://www.mfrr.eu/european-democracy-shield/

And that's a wrap!✨

After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.

Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.

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Join us to explore how AI strengthens democracy and counters disinformation - 2 December 2025

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#AI4TRUST #AICODEPROJECT #ai4debunk #TITAN_Thinking #veraai_eu #ELLIOT-EU, with the support of #DisinfoEU and #EDMO_EUI.

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The European Democracy Shield: A First Step Toward Stronger Democratic Resilience

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🛡️ The #EuropeanDemocracyShield will be the umbrella initiative structuring democracy support in this @ec.europa.eu mandate.

Will it be up to its promised high standards?

🔍 Our Emma Quaedvlieg did an 8-point analysis of its text, comparing it with EPD recommendations 🧵

🎉 This week's BB ⬇️

📘 EPD's analysis of the #EuropeanDemocracyShield
📝 Heritage Foundation Pushes its MEGA Vision in Europe
🎙️ One Man’s Story Inside the Siege of El Fasher
📍 How to Create a Democracy Shield that Delivers | 18 Nov
💼 @gamian-europe.bsky.social is hiring!

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Zitat von Henna Virkkunen, Vizepräsidentin der Europäischen Kommission für technische Souveränität, Sicherheit und Demokratie: „Wir werden nicht langsamer, sondern schneller.“ aus dem aktuellen Briefing Cybersecurity.

Europa will seine Demokratien besser schützen – mit einem neuen #EuropeanDemocracyShield Kern der Initiative sind ein Koordinierungszentrum für Abwehrmaßnahmen und Krisenprotokolle, die vor allem bei Wahlen greifen sollen. Anna Ströbele Romero mit den Details (Test/Abo) 👉 t1p.de/gq2dt

Boosting Digital Democracy: Нow to Create A Democracy Shield that Delivers European Parliament, ASP 7 F387 NOVEMBER 18th 2025, 12:00 - 13:30 Live & streamed

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🛡️ #EuropeanDemocracyShield is the talk of the town!

💡 Leading MEPs and experts will present and debate policy and practical recommendations for the Democracy Shield, what it would mean for tech and democracy in Europe, and for investment in a resilient democracy. 🧵

📢New ENC analysis by our Head of Projects & Research @asumankubra.bsky.social on FIMI & why it matters for 🇪🇺 & 🇹🇷
The paper explores how FIMI unfolds across Europe, the tactics used & how cooperation including through the new #EuropeanDemocracyShield can build resilience🔗 shorturl.at/A3Szs

The European Democracy Shield is Out!

🛡️ The long-awaited #EuropeanDemocracyShield was presented today by Executive Vice President @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social and Commissioner @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social

This initiative will be the European Commission’s umbrella agenda for democracy support for the rest of its mandate. 🧵

European Democracy Shield and EU Strategy for Civil Society pave the way for stronger and more resilient democracies The Commission has presented today the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU. An open civ...

#vonderLeyen “Democracy is the foundation of our freedom, prosperity, security. The #EuropeanDemocracyshield will reinforce free speech, independent media, resilient institutions, and a vibrant civil society. We must increase our collective capacity to protect it.” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

🛡️ Democracy is Europe’s strongest defence.

The @EgmontInstitute supports the #EuropeanDemocracyShield together with partners across Europe — strengthening media freedom, civil society, and digital resilience.

#Democracy #EU #CivilSociety #EgmontInstitute

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📌 The #EuropeanDemocracyShield initiative from the @ec.europa.eu is about to be published. This is an opportunity for the EU to take stronger action to preserve and support its democracy.

Earlier this year, @epd.eu, EFJ & a group of 65 organisations published a checklist for an effective Shield 🧵

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📌 The #EuropeanDemocracyShield initiative from the @ec.europa.eu is about to be published. This is an opportunity for the EU to take stronger action to preserve and support its democracy.

Earlier this year, Demo Finland and a group of 65 organisations published a checklist for an effective Shield 🧵