{"id":1664,"date":"2026-05-19T17:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/?post_type=actualites&#038;p=1664"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:44:20","slug":"france-medias-monde-and-deutsche-welle-expand-cooperation-through-the-information-shield-project","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/press\/france-medias-monde-and-deutsche-welle-expand-cooperation-through-the-information-shield-project\/","title":{"rendered":"France M\u00e9dias Monde and Deutsche Welle expand cooperation through the \u00abInformation Shield\u00bb project"},"content":{"rendered":"                    \n  <section class=\"block-wysiwyg border-hn border-hn--bg-primary\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-md-10 mx-auto\">\n         \n            <div class=\"text m-0 text-primary content wysiwyg\"><p>Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO of France M\u00e9dias Monde, and Barbara Massing, General Director of Deutsche Welle, presented their joint \u201cShield for Information\u201d project on Monday, May 18 in Berlin, during the 71st plenary session of the Franco-German High Cultural Council.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their long-standing cooperation, which has continued to grow stronger in recent years, the two international public media groups are reaffirming through this \u201cShield for Information\u201d their determination to promote, with even greater impact, multilingual, free, independent, balanced, and field-based journalism in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the rest of the world, in order to combat manipulation and disinformation originating from Russia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/260518_DFKR_DSC08966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/260518_DFKR_DSC08966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/260518_DFKR_DSC08966-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/260518_DFKR_DSC08966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/260518_DFKR_DSC08966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie-Christine Saragosse, Chair and CEO of France M\u00e9dias Monde:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>We are living through a \u2018hybrid\u2019 war, with the information war playing a major role. This hybrid war poses a direct threat to democracies. In this context, our international public media serve as tools of democratic resistance and resilience. It is in this spirit that we are working with Deutsche Welle on the \u2018Information Shield\u2019, which aims to improve the coordination and the reinforcement of our activities, particularly in Europe and its peripheries.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Massing, General Director of Deutsche Welle:<\/strong> \u201c<em>The elections in Hungary and the Republic of Moldova have clearly shown how extensively disinformation is being used to influence democratic processes. Anyone seeking to defend democracy in these turbulent times must ensure free access to information and facts through independent media. Together with our French partner broadcaster, we therefore aim to redouble efforts at the European level to counter disinformation<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of this \u201cShield for Information,\u201d an initial project was launched as early as summer 2025 around the radio program Moldova Zoom on RFI Rom\u00e2nia, with the aim of strengthening coverage of Moldovan current affairs in Romanian, alongside co-produced digital video content with Deutsche Welle. In December 2025, a further milestone was reached with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between France M\u00e9dias Monde and Deutsche Welle in Bucharest, intended to formalize and strengthen cooperation between the two groups. Deutsche Welle\u2019s Romanian-language correspondents were thus welcomed into France M\u00e9dias Monde\u2019s \u201cCentral and Eastern Europe Hub\u201d in the Romanian capital, making it the first shared location hosting teams from both organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration between France M\u00e9dias Monde and Deutsche Welle on the \u201cShield for Information\u201d project is intended to continue and intensify through the development of new initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After presenting this initiative before the Franco-German High Cultural Council, Barbara Massing and Marie-Christine Saragosse took part in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/re-publica.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re:publica<\/a> event, dedicated to new technologies and digital issues. They also addressed a large audience gathered at the French Embassy in Berlin on the theme of Franco-German media cooperation against disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1667 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/1779185851694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/1779185851694.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/1779185851694-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.francemediasmonde.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/1779185851694-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":1666,"parent":0,"template":"","actualites_category":[],"class_list":["post-1664","actualites","type-actualites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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