France, Germany, Greece and 9 other European Union countries are calling on the European Commission to use its powers under Digital Services Act (DSA) to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign mixing, according to a letter. signed by the 12 countries.

In the letter, the Ministers of European Affairs of Greece, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Romania, Slovenia and Spain are asking The creation of a body of the European Union, which will deal with the manipulation of information from abroad and foreign mixing.

EU diplomats said the letter refers to the involvement of mainly Russia and China, but also in other cases.

The escalating threats to foreign involvement and disorganized interventions in public debates during significant electoral clashes represent an immediate challenge to our stability and sovereignty, “the letter said by Reuters.

“Recent episodes require urgent and unified action to defend upcoming EU elections,” he added.

“We call on the Commission to lead by fully exercising the powers provided by Digital Services Law (DSA),” the letter said.

China and Russia The main cause of concern

In Germany, early elections will be held on February 23, and the country has created a impact force to face any foreign state attempts to influence the vote after warning Russia’s espionage and sabotage.

Last week, Ilon Musk, the owner of the Social Networking X, appeared at a pre -election campaign of the far -right German party alternative to Germany (AfD) to support the party for the second time in two weeks.

In December, the European Commission began an investigation against the Tiktok social networking media, which belongs to the Chinese Bytedance, as a suspect that it failed to limit involvement in the November presidential election in Romania.

Government officials in Poland, where the presidential election is to be held in May, have warned that Russia is recruiting Poles to influence the elections.