A consensus is emerging in the transatlantic
community that the Kremlin’s manipulation of
information constitutes a real threat to EU security.
Across Europe, far-right, populist and Euro-
skeptic political parties are embracing Russia’s
information campaigns. In the European
Parliament, Marine Le Pen’s Europe of Nations
and Freedom (ENF) is the main proponent of
pro-Kremlin narratives. The foreign policy platform
of the Front National in France contains
explicit references to a strategic alliance with
the Kremlin and a pan-European Union that includes
Russia. Following Brexit, Marine Le Pen
is describing the UK vote as a peoples’ rebellion
that has signaled the beginning of the
end for the EU, much like the fall of the Berlin
Wall signaled the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Conceivably, in the aftermath of Brexit the absence
of British Eurosceptic MEPs from the European
Parliament may lead to the consolidation
of the radical far-right under the banner of
the Front National. In turn, this means that the
EU may have a rather difficult time gathering
the necessary support to confront Russian assertiveness
in the Eastern Neighbourhood
