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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jennifer Rankin

Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud: EU fears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections

Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, promised to create an EU centre to counter foreign interference if she is re-elected. Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA

The stories are doom-laden, laced with vitriolic sneers about Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ursula von der Leyen. Ukrainians are “ready to depose” their leader, Macron is breaking French “rules” with aid to Ukraine, an “uncontrolled influx” from the east is “seriously harming the Germans”.

According to new research, these are just a few examples of a vast pro-Russian propaganda campaign washing over Facebook accounts of French and German citizens, before the European parliament elections next month.

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