The following video is from MCC Brussels, a Eurosceptic think tank, which exposes how the EU funds NGOs that create a façade of democratic legitimacy while advancing its own interests, ultimately harming citizens. This is very similar to Washington’s USAID influence and political money laundering machine. The Deep Dives podcast critiques and exposes the “EU propaganda machine,” referencing Italian journalist Thomas Fazi’s report.
In this edition of Deep Dives, John O’Brien, the communications director at MCC Brussels, sits down with Thomas Fazi to discuss his recent report titled, “The EU’s Propaganda Machine: How the EU funds NGOs to promote itself.” The report uncovers the unclear network of NGOs linked to the EU. Fazi explains how Brussels provides financial backing to organizations that reinforce its narratives, suppress authentic civil society, and promote policies that align with its established agenda.
The two men dissect a system that they consider opaque and anti-democratic and is certainly worth a listen…
The EU’s NGO Scandal: How Brussels Funds Its Own Propaganda | Deep Dives (Source: MCC Brussels)
Thomas Fazi reports for MCM Brussels…
The EU’s Propaganda Machine: How the EU funds NGOs to promote itself
Executive Summary
This report explores the European Commission’s increasing use of its budgetary powers to promote its political agenda under the guise of advancing ‘EU values’. It reveals how the EU leverages programmes to fund non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and think tanks, many of which are explicitly aligned with the Commission’s vision of deeper European integration.
This ‘propaganda by proxy’ is fundamentally undemocratic. In effect, many EU citizens who are opposed to ‘more Europe’ as the answer to every problem are funding the promotion of greater federalism. More conservative voters and countries, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, are facing EU- funded promotion of liberal-progressive values they do not share. Elected national governments are coming under attack from groups funded by Brussels.
The report concludes that the EU’s use of NGOs as instruments of political advocacy reflects a broader trend of anti-democratic governance.
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