Brussels was ridiculed today over plans to start allowing influencers to cover summits – but only if they’re Europhiles.
Eurocrats have issued guidance to EU capitals on which YouTubers, TikTokers and Instagrammers should be allowed to shoot and post about the bloc’s unelected officials in action.
But a leaked copy reveals anyone who has ‘published views against EU values’ should be banned.
Critics said it was a blatant attempt to shut down free speech and prevent more countries from leaving the bloc – or entice Britain into rejoining – amid a rise in the popularity of Right-wing and euroskeptic parties across the Continent.
There has been growing talk in recent years of a potential Frexit, Dexit or Italexit – slang for France, Germany and Italy’s version of Brexit – as euroskeptic parties are increasingly on the march.
Watching European Union officials trying to talk about things like freedom and democracy and the press is like watching a particularly dorky German trying to rap. They simply can’t get the rhythm, the rhyme, or even the background sampled melody right.