The European Parliament resolution adopted on 25 April 2024 on alleged “Russian interference” resembles a potboiler. It features “witch hunting” against political opponents, references to unknown intelligence sources, and even recounting cheap (well, who knows how much was paid by the sponsors) newspaper articles. One may read such text at night to forget it the next morning. Still, this yet another opus produced by the European Parliament– the second in one day – contains two elements that indicate the direction in which the European Union is heading.
First, they want to cleanse completely the European information space. Today, under the guise of countering the “Russian threat”, MEPs are calling for the adoption of further sanctions against the Russian media. They do not mind that this violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The aim is to isolate ordinary Europeans from alternative sources of information and to create an information vacuum. Tomorrow, under someother equally fictitious pretext, they may voice similar frantic calls for restrictions against European media – merely because they do not share the views of the EU mainstream. And actually, such preparations are alreadyunder way.
Second, they accuse Russia of spreading “false historical narratives”. Such loud claims serve to cover up their own attempts to revise the outcomes of the Second World War, the glorification of Nazism and a burning urge to “quietly” shed the burden of historical responsibility for the crimes committed and for collaborationism. But while today they are trying to target the country that liberated Europe from Nazi slavery, sooner or later “historical wrangling” may begin within the European Union.
