Responding effectively to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) is one of the EU’s priorities for countering hybrid threats. Since the adoption of the Strategic Compass in March 2022, the Member States and EU institutions have succeeded in establishing a common framework for defining, detecting, and analysing FIMI incidents to facilitate information-sharing. The challenge remains to establish a system for a coordinated response at the EU level. More proactive action within the FIMI Toolbox, more effective sanctions enforcement, and operationalisation of the response system will be key to countering the systemic threat from Russia, as well as from other states and non-state actors.
Author: Filip Bryjka, Analyst, PISM.
This article is available on the PISM website.
