EUCOmaxxing: Influencers to be invited to EU summits

YouTubers and TikTokers would be granted access under a Council pilot scheme.

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BRUSSELS — Next time you’re doomscrolling on TikTok or Insta, you might come across influencers spilling the tea on ministerial policy discussions or what leaders are having for dinner during their summits.

European diplomats attending the working party on information last week were left, well, shooketh when officials from the Council of the EU suggested countries invite social media influencers to cover meetings of the bloc’s ministers and leaders.

Six diplomats and officials told POLITICO that the Council had floated a pilot scheme that would see influencers invited to EU leaders’ summits in Brussels as well as certain ministerial meetings.