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Newsroom ČT24 | Myths about the EU: Crooked bananas and other bans

Myths and disinformation about allegedly bad European officials and their bans spread in the Czech Republic even before joining the EU and persist to this day. What is the origin of these disinformation, and what are the most common myths? Žiga Faktor, head of the Brussels office and deputy director of the EUROPEUM Institute, addressed these questions in a comment for Newsroom ČT24.
16. April 2024

In the Czech Republic and Slovakia understanding of the functioning of the European Union is very low. This means that these hoaxes and disinformation operate on the basis of a fundamental misunderstanding of what the European Union actually can and cannot do.

You can watch the entire report in the Bruselský Kurýr section of the Newsroom ČT24 programme here from 27:30.

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