We need to find a common ground that would combine the fight against foreign interference with the safeguarding of #EUCivilSociety as a watchdog for democracy.

💬 Insightful contribution from EPD - European Partnership for Democracy Executive Director Ken Godfrey at today's #EESCPlenary .

📖| Do you know where European democracy funding actually goes? 💸

Evelyn Mantoiu (she/her) unpacks the ins and outs of the European Democracy Hub’s new interactive data tool, unfolding trends in European democracy support funding.

Read the analysis now on our website ➡️bit.ly/3vxgA3e

🇧🇪🇪🇺 The Belgian Presidency together with EPD - European Partnership for Democracy organised a seminar on the special report of the European Court of Auditors concerning the Rule of law and the EU budget.

Some food for thought on how and where the EU-framework could be further improved!

#EU2024BE

📖 | Carl D busts open the myth of strategic corruption for the #europeandemocracyhub .

With corruption as old as diplomacy itself, how should the EU respond in today's geopolitical landscape?

Read the full text now on our website ➡️ bit.ly/49fSTem

📖| The #EuropeanDemocracyHub Annual Review 2023 is out now.

In a year marked by ongoing conflicts, electoral shifts, and a rising far-right, how did European democracy support adapt to these challenges? 🌍

Read the year in review out today ➡️ bit.ly/Annual-Review-…

📖 | Clashes with Hungary's Orbán highlight the EU's struggle to defend democracy within its borders. Zselyke Csaky unpacks yesterday's Council meeting and why the EU’s democracy problem is unlikely to go away on its own. Full text here ➡️bit.ly/42Fgjrb #EuropeanDemocracyHub

How many times am I gunna read that Balazs Orban is not related to Viktor Orban....

❓ | Can Europe Defend Democracy?

European #democracy faces threats from both within and outside.

To counter them, Europe needs leaders who are serious about upholding democratic values and addressing citizens' grievances.

13 experts give their takes ➡️ carnegieeurope.eu/p-91525

📖 |“In a precarious and uncertain context, the EU has an important role to play in consolidating Armenia’s reform process and anchoring democracy in the country.'

Read the full text now by Dr.Laure Delcour & Dr. Nariné Ghazaryan ➡️ bit.ly/490UGTO
#EuropeanDemocracyHub

📅 This weekend, EPD, NSI, and the European Parliament are co-organising a citizen assembly in Kosovo, supported by the European Union.

Its objective?
🎯Draft a set of recommendations for policy makers that leads to more resilient against #disinformation .

More updates soon📲

Brilliant to have Patrick with us at EPD. A fantastic mind and great thinker on democracy European Democracy Hub

NIMD Club de Madrid Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) alda* CFImedias NL Helsinki Committee Demo Finland Democracy Reporting International Kofi Annan Foundation

Meet the fellows 🤝5 democracy experts are joining the #EuropeanDemocracyHub .

Curious who wrote a book on election-rigging and who was a reporter in a past life?

Get to know Alberto Alemanno, Giselle Bosse, Nic Cheeseman, Zselyke Csaky & Tinatin Tsertsvadze ➡️ bit.ly/EDH-fellows

📖 | Why have coups in Africa been increasing?

Read how @youngsrichard, Ricardo Farinha, Lidet Tadesse, Nina Wilén, DrClaraPortela, prof toni haastrup, Yabi Gilles, Mwita Chacha and Nic Cheeseman craft an EU response for countering the recent resurgence. ➡️ bit.ly/3RhxiM8

🇪🇺 Not sure what to make of the Commission's 2023 Enlargement package?

EPD’s Research Coordinator Elene Panchulidze breaks down the key takeaways in her commentary out now for the European Democracy Hub.

📖 Read the full text online ⬇️ bit.ly/3SCWNs6 #EuropeanDemocracyHub

#Poland 🇵🇱 is a successful case for the #RuleOfLaw pressure ⚖️💪 Money, #EU values and making nice with 🇪🇺 were primary factors for voters. My analysis for European Democracy Hub Richard Youngs Visegrad Insight Res Publica Nowa

FYI Europe's Futures IWM Michael Meyer-Resende…

Speaking about election turnout in Europe European Commission EPD - European Partnership for Democracy alda* Election-Watch.EU

It is not just technical but highly political as parties push for certain groups to vote more or less