Pro-Russian and Chinese lobbying: European leaders singled out

” L‘capturing elites’ is what Russia and China have called the recruitment of former European leaders in recent years. Beautiful controversial reconversions since a special commission of the European Parliament, which looks into the external interference of the so-called hostile powers, has, during its work, started a census of the Russian and Chinese interests which employ, in various capacities, former European officials. The report of this commission will not be adopted until March but, already, among MEPs, the census suggests a strategy of “soft power” to be taken into consideration. The work of this INGE commission is denounced by opposition groups (National Rally, in particular), who see it as a blind alignment with…