Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.

Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.

Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.

Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.

Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.

Disinformation campaigns that target the EU’s military and civil security missions in Africa and elsewhere to undermine their credibility are rising, according to EU officials. A new approach to analyse and counter the problem will be launched in the coming months.

“The simple fact is all our missions are being targeted by disinformation,” said Admiral Hervé Bléjean, head of the EU Military Staff and its operational headquarters, Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). Adm Bléjean and others addressed their remarks to a 16 November meeting of the European Parliament’s sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE).

For example, Bléjean said that Operation ‘EUNAVFOR MED IRINI’, the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, regularly contends with disinformation from Turkey “which uses any ambiguity to its advantage” in the region, while in Mali – where the EU has a mission to train Malian troops – the problems tend to come from disgruntled locals who circulate rumours linked to anti-colonial sentiment.