📰 'Once the genie is taken out of the bottle, all political forces can fall victim to it.'

Vassilis Ntousas spoke to EL PAÍS about political violence ahead of the 🇪🇺 elections, including yesterday's events in Slovakia.

Read the full article here. 👇
elpais.com/internacional/…

Despite a lower profile in the national debate, foreign interference in US elections has evolved significantly since 2016.

Alliance for Securing Democracy's David Salvo & I have 5⃣ suggested questions for today's Senate Intel Committee hearing on foreign threats 👇
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/five-questions…

🇪🇺 'If the predictions prove correct, a large part of the big picture of the upcoming European elections will be the historically significant rise of the far right', Vassilis Ntousas told Eirini Zarkadoula.

📰 Read more tovima.com. 👇

tovima.com/politics/polar…

It was a pleasure talking to Eirini Zarkadoula and ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ about the prospect of a rising far-right after #EP2024 . TL;DR - there will be a tilt to the right, but disagreements within the far-right will likely prevent it from functioning as a solid bloc.
👇tovima.gr/2024/05/15/pol…

'Roubles, bots and spies': how Russia and China try to interfere in EU politics and elections in today's Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ

Special thanks to: Etienne Soula & Ivan U. Kłyszcz

🇪🇺 'European institutions and the citizens they serve should brace themselves for the most consequential election in decades.'

⤵️ Experts Vassilis Ntousas and Clara Volintiru discuss the rise of the hard right in Europe and its impact on EU policy in key areas. bit.ly/43GFaLt

How to make sense of the recent deluge of interference-related incidents hitting Europe? In my latest piece w/ Etienne Soula for Alliance for Securing Democracy, we explore an increasingly public landscape of malign attacks and what they mean for Europe. #FIMI German Marshall Fund
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/a-spate-of-sca…

🇪🇺 'Europe must recognize the interference threat for what it is and act accordingly.'

Etienne Soula and Vassilis Ntousas write about the recent foreign interference scandals that have emerged in the EU ahead of upcoming European Parliament elections. 👇

securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/a-spate-of-sca…

Expert discussion between Alliance for Securing Democracy Senior Fellow Bret Schafer and peter pomerantsev focusing on trust in information in the age of AI. #BrusselsForum

Fantastic start to day 2 of #BrusselsForum 2024 with a session on how to bolster trust in elections. More optimism than expected, but challenges abound.
🗣️With: Sebastian Bay, Adrian Fontes, Amelia Powers Gardner & moderated by Laura Thornton.

Full room for the opening of #BrusselsForum 2024 w/ Heather A. Conley and Mike Pence. An open, frank, and necessary discussion on American isolationism, democracy, and strength of alliances.

🇪🇺 'European institutions and the citizens they serve should brace themselves for the most consequential election in decades.'

⤵️ GMF's Vassilis Ntousas & Clara Volintiru discuss the rise of the hard right and its impact on EU policy in key areas. bit.ly/43GFaLt

🗳️ ICYMI: Hard right parties are surging in polls across 🇪🇺, from France to Romania.

If this momentum turns to votes in June's elections, it would have 'immense political and policy implications' for 🇪🇺's future, Vassilis Ntousas and Clara Volintiru write German Marshall Fund. 👇

gmfus.org/news/whats-sta…

🗳️ How will the increasing power of hard right political parties in Europe impact this year's EU elections? GMF's @vntousas and Clara Volintiru examine the electoral scenarios and impacts. bit.ly/43GFaLt

A long time coming, yet remarkable that it happened. The opposition's sweeping local elections victories in Turkey show the enduring vitality of 🇹🇷 democracy, despite the existence of an uneven playing field. They also underpin structural changes that go beyond specific leaders.

➡️ 'Europeans finally have a real, pan-🇪🇺 political choice to make.'

The surge of the hard right before 🇪🇺 elections could impact the bloc's future, from who occupies key offices to support for Ukraine, Vassilis Ntousas and Clara Volintiru write German Marshall Fund. 👇

gmfus.org/news/whats-sta…

➡️ The steady, if uneven, electoral gains made by Europe's hard right political parties in the last few years will be a factor in the upcoming EU elections.

GMF's @vntousas and Clara Volintiru analyze the potential effect of their ascendency on the EU. bit.ly/43GFaLt

🇪🇺 ICYMI: AI's rise has been 'fast, fundamental, and transformative ... when it comes to basic issues of agency, credibility, and authenticity' in democratic politics, Vassilis Ntousas told a European Economic and Social Committee panel.

Listen to the full discussion here👇
eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda-item…

🚨AI has put stress on already strained information ecosystems, creating an even 'harsher threat landscape', Vassilis Ntousas said at an event on information integrity in Seoul organized by ASD, Canada, and Latvian MFA 🇱🇻 | #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦.

➡️ Watch the full discussion here! 👇
eng.lsm.lv/article/featur…

🇵🇹 'Europe as a whole is undergoing profound political changes—and not even Portugal can any longer be seen as an exception.'

Read more from Rita Lobo and Vassilis Ntousas on the far right's performance in Portugal's elections and what it means for Europe.👇

securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/an-exception-n…