An international commission has formed to try to end meddling in elections in Western democratic nations by Russia and other autocratic countries.
The Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI), co-chaired by former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, held a news conference Friday in Washington, D.C.
The commission’s “background is the Russian meddling into the U.S. election in 2016,” Rasmussen told VOA’s Russian service. “But it’s not just about America. It’s also on the European side.
‘Challenges’ in Europe
“We [Europe] have seen challenges, and this is the reason why it’s a transatlantic commission,” he said, adding …read more
Source: Voice of America
