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“Democracy in Europe must be defended from external threats at all costs,” said French MEP Valérie Hayer

Analysis

Russian and Chinese interference in EU politics goes back decades

“Democracy in Europe must be defended from external threats at all costs,” said French MEP Valérie Hayer

The past few weeks of Russian and Chinese spy revelations makes it look like the 2024 EU elections are taking place amid unprecedented levels of political interference, but foreign powers (including allies) have been at it for decades, despite the end of the Cold War.

The latest scoop saw a top German far-right MEP, Maximilian Krah from the AfD party, exposed...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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