The EU is ramping up efforts to combat foreign disinformation campaigns from Russia and China, which are investing billions to influence public opinion in Europe.

A specialized team within the EU Commission is focused on exposing external manipulation, with recent incidents highlighting false claims about a fire at a Kyiv monastery linked to U.S. defense systems.

With Russia spending an estimated 2-3 billion euros annually on information warfare and China spending even more, the EU’s budget of just 10 million euros falls short, prompting concerns over the integrity of democratic processes across member states.