Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez attended the eighth European Political Community meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, where he spoke at a round table on “Democratic Resilience and Hybrid Threats.” Sánchez highlighted a decline in democratic quality according to international indices and warned that digital infrastructure and social media can be exploited by hybrid threats. He cited a UNICEF and University of Santiago de Compostela study showing harms from early technology use among minors. Sánchez called for three priorities: implementing the European Democracy Shield, setting a European digital age of majority, and reviewing platform obligations under the Digital Services Directive. He urged other countries to join the Digital Democracy round table and support the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. The day also included bilateral talks with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and a European Coalition against Drugs meeting.
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