The French Senate calls for mobilizing the nation to fight against foreign influence

Ouagadougou: The French Senate's commission of inquiry published the report entitled 'Fight against malicious foreign influences. For a mobilization of the entire nation in the face of the neo-cold war", prepared "after six months of hearings and travels in France and abroad", 120 personalities including 5 ministers who participated in its drafting.According to the authors of the text, France often becomes the victim of information manipulation. To address this, 47 recommendations are proposed.In particular, it is advisable to confer on the Viginum service 'the status of a State agency with management autonomy and placed under the supervision of the General Secretariat of Defense and National Security (SGDSN)', while strengthening its legal capacities and providing it with 'human and material resources in line with its mission as leader in the protection of digital public debate'.Finland, Estonia and Taiwan are mentioned as examples of effective collective resilience. Emerging from passivity and assumin g a real policy of affirmative influence carrying narratives defending French values ??and interests, such is one of the pillars promoted by co-rapporteur Rachid Temal.Source: Burkina Information Agency