Overview
- The package proposes a European Centre for Democratic Resilience to coordinate faster detection and response to information manipulation and foreign interference.
- The Commission will draft an incident and crisis protocol under the Digital Services Act to speed coordinated action by authorities and major platforms such as Google.
- Plans include an independent EU network of fact-checkers and strengthened monitoring by the European Observatory for Digital Media for elections and crisis situations.
- Guidance is planned on responsible use of AI in election processes and on candidate security, alongside new funding to support independent and local journalism and digital literacy.
- A Culture Compass will track conditions in the cultural sector with annual country reports from 2027 and a proposed EU charter for cultural workers, with ongoing TikTok-related interference probes providing the immediate backdrop.