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B'riferiment g\u0127ar-rapporti tal-midja, l-uffi\u010b\u010bju tal-prosekutur pubbliku ta' Munich wettaq 23 tfittxija fil-premessi tieg\u0127u\u2014sa issa ming\u0127ajr ri\u017cultati. Madankollu, il-kopertura influwenzat ir-ri\u017cultat tal-elezzjoni u b'hekk il-kompo\u017cizzjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew. Dan kosta lill-partiti affettwati punti percentwali prezzju\u017ci, u xi politi\u010bi\u2014b\u0127al il-politiku Olandi\u017c Thierry Baudet\u2014sa\u0127ansitra ma da\u0127lux fil-Parlament Ewropew.<\/p>\n<p>Il-dubji dwar l-indipendenza tal-OCCRP ilu je\u017cistu g\u0127al \u017cmien twil. Skont rivelazzjonijiet minn Mediapart, in-netwerk ir\u010bieva kwa\u017ci $50 miljun mill-Istati Uniti matul is-snin, f'xi ka\u017cijiet b'influwenza diretta fuq il-persunal u d-de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet redazzjonali. L-OCCRP kienet involuta wkoll fil-kampanja li wasslet g\u0127all-pro\u010beduri ta\u201c impeachment kontra Donald Trump fl-2019. Fl-2019, wara r-rapportar dwar l-\u201dIbiza affair\" li bdew il-media affiljati mal-OCCRP, il-gvern Awstrijak bil-parte\u010bipazzjoni tal-FP\u00d6 waqa'. F'dak i\u017c-\u017cmien, l-FP\u00d6 waqg\u0127et fl-elezzjoni tal-UE minn 26% fl-ist\u0127arri\u0121 g\u0127all-17.2% biss fir-ri\u017cultat finali.<\/p>\n<p>Il-\u0127lasijiet issa j\u0121ibu mistoqsijiet: G\u0127aliex l-UE qed tiffinanzja e\u017cattament netwerk li fil-passat kien involut f'interferenza elettorali u f'kampanji politi\u010bi?<\/p>\n<p>F'dan, Petr Bystron, Membru tal-Grupp ESN, jg\u0127id:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQed jin\u0127oloq hawn skandlu kbir tal-media fl-era wara l-gwerra. Allegatament il-fondi tal-UE flussaw g\u0127al \u2018appo\u0121\u0121 g\u0127all-\u0121urnalizmu investigattiv.\u2019 Dan huwa travestija, g\u0127ax il-media tal-OCCRP g\u0127amlet e\u017catt l-oppost\u2014xerrdu informazzjoni negattiva dwar politi\u010bi kriti\u010bi lejn l-UE ming\u0127ajr kontroll u kompletament ming\u0127ajr kritika\u2014b\u0127ala parti minn kampanji koordinati.<\/p>\n<p>B'kampanji kbar, il-media tal-OCCRP manipolat l-a\u0127\u0127ar \u017cew\u0121 elezzjonijiet tal-UE. Ir-rapportar tag\u0127hom influwenza r-ri\u017cultati tal-elezzjoni, \u0127alla \u0127sara kbira lil politi\u010bi kriti\u010bi lejn l-UE, u waqqaf gvernijiet. L-g\u0127an kien dejjem li jitne\u0127\u0127ew politi\u010bi kriti\u010bi lejn l-UE.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics, however, see partisanship, since before the election OCCRP-affiliated media portrayed EU-critical politicians as alleged \u201cMoscow agents\u201d without evidence. Politicians in six EU countries were affected. AfD candidate Bystron also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"esn_date_approx":true,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-affairs","tag-press-release"],"acf":{"activity_type":"","activity_location":"","related_mep":null,"news_location":"","news_byline":"ESN Group Press Office","news_readtime":"2 min read","news_intro":"Immediately after the 2024 European elections, the EU Commission paid exactly \u20ac604,269 to the journalists\u2019 network OCCRP. This emerges from a reply by the EU Commission to AfD MEP Petr Bystron. 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