# EU drops support for disinformation conference after Trump administration pressure

https://mins.news/en/item/90289

- The Guardian, 2026-10-07 19:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference

> The Trump administration pressured several governments to withdraw sponsorship from #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius, and the EU diplomatic service, Canada and Lithuania agreed to pull back. Their logos were removed from the conference website shortly before the event. US officials focused on a panel examining whether the US could be a disinformation actor in Europe.

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