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Analysis : From communication to progaganda – the EU crossed the line

By Anna-Karin Friis Propaganda is "information presented from an official source in order to influence an audience. It is used to present facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis", according to Wikipedia. This characterization fits perfectly the material the EU institutions churn out of their pseudo newsmills on a daily basis. There has been a massive build-up of the EU institutions' communication policies over the last six years as initiated by Commission president Barroso and equally immersed by the European Parliament. However, this development does not seem to be widely acknowledged among the European public. On the blog bruxelles.