Following a challenge by European Democracy Consulting, the European Parliament recognised that European citizens had a direct interest in the funding of European parties, and agreed to release related documents in full and without delay.
These brief visualisations present the cross-membership of MEPs between European political parties and political groups of the European Parliament, as well as the national origin of MEPs members of European political parties.
This report by European Democracy Consulting presents visualisations for European parties’ donations and contributions between the financial years 2018 and 2021.
The 2023 Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory analyses recent appointments to EU leadership positions.
Given the technical nature of the discussion on transnational lists, European Democracy Consulting presents a detailed outline of the solutions to improve the European Parliament’s proposal for a reform of the EU electoral act.
Given the technical nature of the discussion on transnational lists, European Democracy Consulting presents a detailed outline of the shortcomings and limitations of the European Parliament’s proposal for a reform of the EU electoral act.
European Democracy Consulting and REPRESENT propose 49 recommendations for the reform of European political parties.
This report, written for the benefit of the Council of the European Union, highlights the shortcomings of the European Parliament’s proposal for a Union-wide constituency and introduces the Ranked apportionment method.
Instead of the mere band-aid of transnational lists, let us reform EU parties and engage on a bold reform to engage citizens and make our election truly European.
Ahead of trilogues, European Democracy Consulting provides the Council with amendment proposals regarding the framework regulating European political parties.
This quick review critically analyses three major components of the design of transnational lists: the size of the constituency, the apportionment method, and the distribution method.
This report by European Democracy Consulting presents visualisations for European parties’ donations and contributions between 2018 and 2020.
European Democracy Consulting provides a full review and analysis of the European Commission proposal for a revision of Regulation 1141/2014 on European political parties.
The 2022 Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory analyses recent appointments to EU leadership positions.
With the European Ombudsman and Court of Auditors unwilling to address alleged maladministration, legislative reform of European party funding is essential.
The Ranked apportionment method is a simple and elegant voting method remedying the shortcomings identified for the creation of a true European transnational constituency.
This report provides reliable figures and insightful visualisations in order to grasp the full impact of the reform of European parties’ public funding regime.
The λogos project challenges the implementation of national parties’ requirement to display the logo of their European party on their website.
This quick review by European Democracy Consulting presents visualisations for European parties’ donations and contributions.
This report on the reform of European parties covers six pillars of the regulation of European parties: registration, structure and operations, financing, campaigning, visibility and transparency, and sanctions.
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