17 September 2019

Scott Ainslie MEP, Green Party, London made his first speech to the European Parliament plenary today on the topic of ‘foreign electoral interference and the spread of disinformation in national and European democratic processes’.

As he told MEPs: “We can’t sit in this elected chamber and turn a blind eye as the very fundamental values of this institution, and all our parliaments back home, come under siege from characters who want to disrupt our democracies for their own political or financial gain. We urgently need more robust, legally binding protections so that our citizens are empowered to decide their own fates - not external powers or those with the deepest pockets”.

Watch Scott’s full speech on YouTube here.