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Photo shows ING2 delegation members and Mr Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the Office of the President of Ukraine
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Members from the Special Committee on Foreign Interference travelled to Kyiv on 20-21 February to discuss with their Ukrainian counterparts strategies and practices to counter Russian interference. The mission enabled Members to get a better understanding on how the EU institutions could be better equipped to provide the necessary assistance to Ukraine in fighting Russian information manipulation and interference.

Photo of ING2 Members Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D, ES); Laura Ferrara (NI, IT); Sandra Kalniete (EPP, LV); Markéta Gregorová (Greens, CZ); Pierfrancesco Majorino (S&D, IT); Sandro Gozi (Renew, FR); and Silvio Gonzato, the Deputy Ambassador of the EU to the UN
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The Special Committee ING2 sent an ad-hoc delegation to the United Nations in New York City, USA, from 31 October to 3 November 2022. The delegation was composed of seven Members, led by Ms Sandra Kalniete (EPP, LV), ING2 Rapporteur. The mission to New York enabled Members of the Special Committee to discuss with UN ambassadors and UN officials about their approach to information manipulation and interference and the possibility to develop global norms on the issue.

Photo showing Mr Raphaël Glucksmann (Chair, S&D, FR), Mr Andreas Schieder (S&D, AT), Ms Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP, LU) and Mr Georgios Kyrtsos (Renew, EL) who will represent the ING2 Special Committee in Australia. Ms Caroline Millar (in the middle of the photo), is the Ambassador of Australia to the EU
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The Special Committee sent a mission to Canberra and Melbourne (Australia), from 20 to 22 September 2022. The delegation was composed by four Members, led by Mr Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D, FR), Mr Andreas Schieder (S&D, AT), Ms Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP, LU) and Mr Georgios Kyrtsos (Renew, EL).

Photo of Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (Chair of ING2 committee), Sandra KALNIETE (Rapporteur of ING2), Teija TIILIKAINEN (Director of Hybrid CoE), Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (ING2) and Vladimír BILČÍK (ING2, EPP Coordinator)
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The ING2 Special Committee sent a mission to Helsinki (Finland), from 7 to 8 September 2022. A four-member delegation, led by Mr Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D, FR), had several meetings at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE).

Photo showing some of the ING2 Members together with Mr Jānis Sārts, Director of the NATO StratCom
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Members from the Special Committee on Foreign Interference went to Riga on 24 May to meet officials from the NATO Strategic Communication Centre, ahead of the Riga StratCom Dialogue, which took place on 25 and 26 May. The event gathered the strategic communications community in the aftermath of Russian aggression.