🇪🇺 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

📖 | Why have coups in Africa been increasing? Read how @youngsrichard, Ricardo Farinha, Lidet Tadesse, Nina Wilén, DrClaraPortela, @ToniHaastrup, Yabi Gilles, Mwita Chacha and Nic Cheeseman craft an EU response for countering the recent resurgence. ➡️ bit.ly/3RhxiM8

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

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

📅 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📲

📖 |“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.@LaureDelcour & Dr. Nariné Ghazaryan ➡️ bit.ly/490UGTO #EuropeanDemocracyHub

❓ | 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

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

📖 | 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

📖| 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-…

📖 | 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 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

📖| 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

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.

This morning we launched an open letter ahead of the #EUElections, calling to defend democracy through 10 policy priorities. 250 political, civil leaders, Nobel laureates & dem organisations signed. idea.int/call-to-defend… International IDEA European Endowment for Democracy EPD - European Partnership for Democracy Open Gov Partnership ENoP

📌New report: The Future of European Electoral Support 🗓️2024 is a super-#election year worldwide. Our report arrives at the perfect moment to reflect the role of electoral support in European internal affairs and in external action. Download here ➡️ ow.ly/bCrl50S6HjI

❓ | Is the EU's Agenda in Jeopardy? A stronger far-right presence in the European Parliament could impede some EU policies. But the main test to the union's global role may come from the rise of nationalist politics in France and Germany. Experts weigh in 👉 carnegieendowment.org/europe/strateg…

🇬🇧 | Last week, Labour MP David Lammy was appointed as the new #UK’s Foreign Secretary. What can we expect from Labour’s approach to global #democracy issues? Check out our latest commentary by Anthony Smith and @BN7WFD (Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)) 👉 europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu/a-fresh-start-…

The floor now goes to @epdeu’s Executive Director, Ken Godfrey, who closes the welcome remarks with an eye-opening statement: 🗣️“#Disinformation is endemic to all European societies, coming not only from international sources but also from domestic ones.” 🚨 #CombatDisinfoWB

#EPDNetwork💬 🎊The European Partnership for Democracy has elected its new President: Anu Juvonen, Executive Director at Demo Finland. 🧵