'Starting in 2024, the EU’s top executive is planning to doubl | "Un commercialista di Bari" [cit.] @giuslit
"Starting in 2024, the EU’s top executive is planning to double the European Commission’s annual communications budget from €30 million to €60 million. There’s a war on, the rationale goes, and Europe can’t afford to lose out in the battle to capture the narrative. But the Commission’s plan to operate and fund the endeavor already has people bristling.
More Germans: On the operation side, von der Leyen has brought in another aide from Berlin to steer the project, adding to criticism that she is too reliant on German confidants. And a big, €5 million PR contract was also recently awarded to two German sister companies under an accelerated procedure, fueling suspicion the EU’s comms may become a “made-in-Germany” affair,". Raddoppio del budget per la comunicazione, tutto gestito da Von der Leyen ed i suoi compagni di merende. Se arriva ad incazzarsi pure Politico.EU...
