The Polish EU presidency is calling for NGOs that have been deprived of funding by the Trump administration. At a meeting specially convened by the Polish side, diplomats were to hear about the need to "fill the gap." The funds could come from part of the defense fund.
That would be the same Polish government that still can't find time or money to help flood victims.
It is the beneficiaries of USAID's who helped defeat the 'Law & and Justice' in the last elections so Tusk and his party owe them.
According to Politico, "Poland wants to mobilize EU countries to include the subject of defending democracy in the conclusions of the next meeting of the European Council." This would speed up work on the so-called Democracy Shield.
In December last year, the European Parliament voted to establish a European Democracy Shield committee whose goal will be to control content on social media and block that which may “negatively influence the electoral process.” In practice, this will mean that owners of social media platforms will be required to remove information deemed by Brussels officials as “propaganda” and “fake” news as soon as they are notified of it. Donald Tusk supports this project.
PN: Tusk and EU officials want to take away a freedom of expression using tricks like the "Democracy Shield" and overused labels of "propaganda" and "fake news."
- Based on reporting by Niezalezna(.)pl
