A POLITICO review of the 50 videos on Voice of Europe’s YouTube channel revealed 16 MEPs had engaged with the outlet.

A POLITICO review of the 50 videos on Voice of Europe’s YouTube channel revealed 16 MEPs had engaged with the outlet.

“If it is a war of civilization, well, I hope the civilization in Ukraine will lose,” said Marcel de Graaff, a Dutch far-right lawmaker, from a TV studio just inside the European Parliament last October.

Another far-right politician jumped in.

“Ukraine has to become a demilitarized buffer zone,” argued Maximilian Krah, a far-right politician from Germany, addressing the other four participants in the studio. The debate was organized by Voice of Europe, an outlet which Czech and Belgian authorities said in March was a front for Russian propaganda and disinformation.

  • Ross_audio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    7 months ago

    Proportional representation does give a minority voice to these people.

    It’s the cost of fairness and it is useful to demonstrate minority views are disregarded for no reason other than because they’re the minority.

    How’s that FPTP election going? Nice and stable, no extremists likely to overthrow democracy or anything?

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      I did say slightly, I’m not a complete asshole. I’m the guy who rants about FPTP so much that the whole world is tired of hearing about American politics by the way 💩

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Proportional representation goes sideways when a foreign agent pumps money onto one small political group.

      In europe it’s not legal to just throw money at an election.