DISINFO: Cooperation between the Mediterranean countries threatens Germany's hegemony
SUMMARY
The cooperation between the Mediterranean countries might become a problem for securing Germany’s hegemony over the [European] continent. Of course an issue is that the interests of Spain, Portugal and Greece not always coincide, but all these countries have suffered greatly from the fiscal regime imposed by Germany and its financial policies. The pandemic has demonstrated that Germany, in a time of crisis, does not with to help its partners in the European Union and is first and foremost preoccupied with its own interests. This has been the same all the time, but in more peaceful years, the illusion of European unity has been stronger.
RESPONSE
This claim exploits the coronavirus pandemic to push a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about "German hegemony in Europe" and the EU's alleged imminent collapse. This narrative also aims to pit EU member states against each other in an attempt to undermine European solidarity, another recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation tactic. Read similar cases claiming that the EU has collapsed as a result of the pandemic that the coronavirus epidemic marks the beginning of an era of crisis for pan-European identity and solidarity and that the COVID outbreak means the end of Europe.