1st EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats

The first EEAS FIMI Annual Report marks the formal institutionalisation of the FIMI analytical framework — the shift from ad hoc disinformation monitoring to a systematic, taxonomy-driven threat assessment architecture. Based on 100 FIMI incidents recorded between October and December 2022, the report introduces the FIMI taxonomy (covering perpetrators, vectors, narratives, and targets) and establishes the baseline methodology for subsequent annual reporting.

This first report is the most important of the series from a methodological standpoint: it defines the terms and establishes the analytical framework that all subsequent EEAS FIMI work builds on. For practitioners working within EU or NATO counter-FIMI frameworks, understanding the first report is a prerequisite — it explains what the EEAS means by FIMI, how incidents are classified, and what the reporting methodology can and cannot tell you. The taxonomy developed here has since been adopted by multiple EU member states and partner institutions.