DISINFO: EU citizens actually live in American colonies
SUMMARY
EU citizens essentially live in colonies, European rulers do not decide anything serious without looking at the American president. It's a mistake to think that American diplomats are in charge of Moldova’s domestic and foreign policy only in Chisinau.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin narratives claim that countries lose their sovereignty by joining the EU, becoming colonies, and allege that the entire EU is a colony of the US.
The European Union operates based on a set of commonly accepted norms and has its own democratically elected governing bodies, which include representatives from all member countries. Every action taken by the EU is founded on treaties that have been voluntarily and democratically approved by all EU countries. These treaties are negotiated and agreed upon by all EU Member States and then ratified by their parliaments or through a referendum. Decision-making at the EU level involves various institutions, in particular: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union (Council), and the European Commission. More about how the European Union makes decisions and takes action can be found here.
The EU has had a partnership with the US for more than sixty years. They work together to promote common values such as peace, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. See here for more details and a fact sheet about the US-EU relationship.
See here for a case claiming that the US occupied the EU and here an analysis on pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about lost sovereignty.