You know what the Council consists of? The heads of national governments.
You know who they're having to force it through against? The EU parliament, an actual EU-level institution.
The more accurate read would thus be "national governments are trying to force this against the will of the EU".
The fact that you come away with the exact opposite read is a good demonstration of said propaganda's effectiveness.
That some actors may ride it, is not their stain, but the eu's.
And, about «precisely the misinformation I mentioned earlier»: you think this infomess was caused by foreign agents, instead of internal european lack of clarity?