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Disinfo: The European Parliament: there is total unemployment in the EU countries

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The European Parliament: there is total unemployment in the EU countries.

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Disinforming headline and misleading information. The article does not specify that the European Parliament's research presented the unemployment rates among young people in each EU member state. The original document actually states that in spring 2013, the youth unemployment rate peaked at 23.8 % and then declined sharply. In January 2018,
the rate was at 16.1 % (Eurostat) meaning that 3.64 million young people (under 25) were unemployed in
the European Union (EU). There has thus been a significant improvement in the past few years.
Nevertheless, huge imbalances persist between EU Member States. The lowest rates were observed in the
Czech Republic (5.8 %) and Germany (6.6 %) while the highest were recorded in Greece (43.7 %, November
2017, latest data available), Spain (36.0 %) and Italy (31.5 %).

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  • Reported in: Issue 110
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20/05/2018
  • Language/target audience: Russian
  • Keywords: EU, European Union, Europe
  • Outlet: TV Zvezda
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90% of Romanian media is ruled by Israeli people

The brainwashing of the Romanians has reached maximum levels. The destruction of Romania is received with joy by the Romanian people. The traitors which are now ruling Romania are naming Israeli citizens for Government positions. 90% of Romanian media is ruled by Israeli people. The foreigners who ruled and still rule Romania with the support of the treacherous political parties managed to empty the country in order to create a vital space for other nations who already invade us. Some openly, through the long-tumbling migration of “refugees”.

June 05, 2018
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Anti-Semitic remarks and no evidence given for these statements. According to this law, only Romanian citizens can form a political party.

Anti-Semitism is frequently used in pro-Kremlin disinformation: euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=&disinfo_issue=&disinfo_keywords%5B%5D=77417&date=, https://euvsdisinfo.eu/antisemitism-and-pro-kremlin-propaganda/,

There is no doubt that democracy has taken hold in Russia, which is shown by the lack of criticism in the latest elections

International observers had no serious criticism as to how the Russian Presidential election 2018 was organized or regarding the election results. Therefore, there is no doubt that democracy has taken hold in Russia.

June 05, 2018
Disproof

Actually, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe stated that there had been no real choice in Russia’s presidential election and complained it had been marked by unfair pressure on critical voices www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-election-osce/osce-says-russian-presidential-election-lacked-real-choice-idUSKBN1GV1JN,

The OSCE election observation mission to the presidential election in Russia 2018 stated in it's preliminary conclusions that; "The 18 March presidential election took place in an overly controlled legal and political environment marked by continued pressure on critical voices, while the Central Election Commission (CEC) administered the election efficiently and openly. After intense efforts to promote turnout, citizens voted in significant numbers, yet restrictions on the fundamental freedoms of assembly, association and expression, as well as on candidate registration, have limited the space for political engagement and resulted in a lack of genuine competition. While candidates could generally campaign freely, the extensive and uncritical coverage of the incumbent as president in most media resulted in an uneven playing field.Overall, election day was conducted in an orderly manner despite shortcomings related to vote secrecy and transparency of counting."

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