Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled plans to set up a European Democracy Shield to protect the EU from malign foreign interference if she secures a second term at the helm of the Commission.
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00:16 And to put that into a wider perspective, and this is why, if I'm elected as president,
00:24 the Commission will put forward a European Democracy Shield as one of the key priorities
00:32 of the next Commission, and this should be an ambitious European project that focuses
00:38 on the biggest threats from foreign interference and manipulation.
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01:00 The aim of all this is to divide our societies from within,
01:10 and it is this deeper impact on society which I am most concerned about,
01:16 because the point about this malign interference is not just what is being said or done
01:24 in each individual case.
01:26 [Music]
01:50 Apple tea?
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