“We are in an era of conflict between democracy and liberal regimes. We see the growing threats arriving from extremist parties who want to polarize our societies by flooding them of disinformation: there is ample evidence that many are supported by our enemies and supported by propaganda in Russia and elsewhere. They are movements fueled by conspiracies and conspiracysumes, which make Putin’s apology and just look at the signatories of this motion to understand it ». The president of the European Commission said so Ursula von der leyen intervening Strasbourg during the debate on the motion of censorship against him.
“There is a witch hunt ongoing but we will not give: there are members who have concerns and all this is more than right. We are ready to discuss ». As von der leyen He replied to criticism, reaffirming the will to compare but denouncing an attack orchestrated by extremist and populist movements, which he said “under the democratic estate of Europe” with the support of foreign powers.