| | [[Europe]] is simmering with rage as [[citizen]]s watch their [[nation]]s suffocate under [[corruption]], [[censorship]], mass [[immigration]], [[ideological]] fanaticism, and [[bureaucrat]]ic failure. [[Brussels]] has become a sealed bunker of [[arrogance]], [[deaf]] to [[reality]] and hostile to its own [[people]]. By cutting itself off from the streets, from [[accountability]], and from common sense, the EU has signed its own death warrant. What remains is a hollow, [[decay]]ing construct staggering toward collapse.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/us-sanctions-eu-officials-for-free US Sanctions EU Officials for Free Speech Suppression in Major Widening of US-European Rift], Simplicius, Dec 24, 2025.</ref> | | [[Europe]] is simmering with rage as [[citizen]]s watch their [[nation]]s suffocate under [[corruption]], [[censorship]], mass [[immigration]], [[ideological]] fanaticism, and [[bureaucrat]]ic failure. [[Brussels]] has become a sealed bunker of [[arrogance]], [[deaf]] to [[reality]] and hostile to its own [[people]]. By cutting itself off from the streets, from [[accountability]], and from common sense, the EU has signed its own death warrant. What remains is a hollow, [[decay]]ing construct staggering toward collapse.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/us-sanctions-eu-officials-for-free US Sanctions EU Officials for Free Speech Suppression in Major Widening of US-European Rift], Simplicius, Dec 24, 2025.</ref> |
| | + | Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) is the recent brainchild of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the diplomatic service in charge of executing all [[international relations]] of the European Union. Back in 2022 the EEAS collaborated with the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) to study and analyze the threat landscape concerning Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and [[disinformation]]. The mandate for this action was direction derived from the November 27, 2019, European Democracy Action Plan, which tasked the EEAS to "work with Member States, civil society and industry towards refined common definitions and methodologies in order to address different categories of disinformation and influence activities." |
| | + | FIMI is defined by the EEAS as follows: "A mostly nonillegal pattern of [[behavior]] that threatens or has the potential to negatively impact [[values]], procedures and [[political]] processes. Such activity is manipulative in character, conducted in an intentional and coordinated manner. Actors of such activity can be [[state]] or non-state actors, including their [[proxies]] inside and outside of their own territory." |