Topic: 2017 Election

Germany announces plans to establish a defense center against disinformation ahead of the 2017 Bundestag elections. The hosts compare this to Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" and discuss proposed fines of 500,000 euros per fake news item. The narrative in Europe is shifting to equate "fake news" specifically with Russian propaganda.

A professor in Brussels discusses the "frightening" parallels between Donald Trump's victory and the Brexit vote. The segment explores how populist parties in France, the Netherlands, and Germany may be galvanized by the American election results heading into 2017.