Just discovered this: European Democracy Shield
series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU
measures to protect the key pillars of our democratic systems:
- free people
- free and fair elections
- free and independent media
- a vibrant civil society
- strong democratic institutions
to withstand evolving common threats, in particular foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and disinformation
Three Pillars
1. Safeguarding the integrity of the information space
Code of Conduct on Disinformation and prepare a Digital Services Act incidents and crisis protocol to facilitate coordination among relevant authorities and ensure swift reactions to large-scale and potentially transnational information operations.
independent European Network of Fact-Checkers
European Digital Media Observatory [...] monitoring and analytical capabilities
2. Strengthening our institutions, fair and free elections, and free and independent media
European Cooperation Network on Elections [...] for the integrity of electoral processes
guidance on the responsible use of AI in electoral processes
Recommendation and a guide of best practices in the Member States on the safety of political actors.
financial support for independent and local journalism [...] under the new Media Resilience Programme
Audiovisual Media Services Directive
Commission's Recommendation on the Safety of Journalists
combat abusive lawsuits against public participation
3. Boosting societal resilience and citizens' engagement
to help recognise and counter information manipulation [...] media and digital literacy for all ages.
citizenship education in schools.
participatory and consultative tools, with a focus on local levels and youth
participation in democracy via a new civic tech hub.
EU democracy guide.
help further promote evidence-based decision-making, [...] Recommendation on supporting scientific evidence in policymaking
Three Objectives
1. Fostering engagement: A new Civil Society Platform
2. Support and protection: An online Knowledge Hub on Civic Space
3. Sustainable and transparent funding: €9 billion foreseen for the AgoraEU programme
https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/european-democracy-shield-and-eu-strategy-civil-society-pave-way-stronger-and-more-resilient-2025-11-12_en

Very nice words.
Translation: limiting free speech, banning competitors, surveil parties and voters.
The fun part is that those who they want to use against this parties on the right, eg FN and AfD just to mention the largest ones would use it without hesitation against these one now in power. The genie that won't go back into the bottle.
Great future to look forward to.