DISINFO: Europeans do not exist and the EU leadership is an occupying administration
SUMMARY
Europeans do not exist. This term was invented as another form of occupation of Europe when the European Coal and Steel Community was transforming into the European Union. The EU administration is an occupation administration and a noose on the neck of its member states. Besides the Europeans, have the Germans, the French and the Italians remained? One cannot give an unequivocal answer. It is yet to be seen what will become of the peoples living in this territory if the nooses of the EU and NATO are removed.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative attacking the European Union.
The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political union between 27 European countries. What began as a purely economic union has evolved into an organisation spanning many different policy areas – from climate, environment and health to external relations and security, justice and migration.
The EU is governed by the principle of representative democracy, with citizens directly represented at the EU level in the European Parliament and Member States represented in the European Council and the Council of the European Union.
Being an EU citizen also means enjoying political rights. Every adult EU citizen has the right to stand as a candidate for and vote in European Parliamentary elections, whether in their country of residence or country of origin.
The EU has a common currency (the euro) used by most of these countries, a single market, and shared laws on trade, competition and environmental standards. Politically, the EU is governed by European institutions like the European Parliament, the European Council, and the European Commission.
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