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May 3, 2022

Euractiv — European political parties: oversight nowhere in sight?

According to EU law, European parties’ public funding stems from the budget of the European Parliament, which is in charge of its disbursement. However, once European public funding has been paid out, who is there to provide the necessary oversight? As MEPs consider the Commission’s proposals for the reform of European parties, they must secure their own rights as individual actors in the European party system, free from national party affiliations, and ensure institutional oversight — first and foremost, by extracting European parties’ funding from the Parliament’s budget and entrusting the APPF with its disbursement, under the control of the European Court of Justice.

European Union

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Euractiv — European political parties: oversight nowhere in sight?
Euractiv — European political parties: oversight nowhere in sight?
European Union

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May 20, 2021

Squaring the Verhofstadt triangle

The European Parliament is currently discussing a reform of the EU's electoral law. In this debate, many pro-European voices have promoted the creation of transnational lists, among them MEP Guy Verhofstadt. Real solution to strengthen the Union or quick-fix avoiding a more thorough reform? Since the beginning of the COVID…

Europe

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Squaring the Verhofstadt triangle
Squaring the Verhofstadt triangle
Europe

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Apr 16, 2021

Unveiling the λogos project

European Democracy Consulting's λogos project challenges the implementation of national parties’ requirement to display the logo of their European party on their website. In modern representative democracies, the link between citizens and the political parties representing them is essential. …

European Union

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Unveiling the λogos project
Unveiling the λogos project
European Union

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Apr 16, 2021

Visualising European parties' donations and contributions

Donations and contributions are essential parts of political parties’ private funding. In the absence of initiatives by the Authority for European Political Parties to provide European citizens with properly visible financial information on their European parties, European Democracy Consulting is stepping in; we’ve got you covered! In its complaint to…

European Parties

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Visualising European parties' donations and contributions
Visualising European parties' donations and contributions
European Parties

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Feb 5, 2021

EDC responds to Ombudsman decision on Authority for European Parties

Since March 2020, European Democracy Consulting has been working on an assessment of the implementation of transparency provisions under Article 32 of Regulation 1141/2014 on European political parties. This work has led to several reports and to an inquiry by the European Ombudsman. …

European Union

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EDC responds to Ombudsman decision on Authority for European Parties
EDC responds to Ombudsman decision on Authority for European Parties
European Union

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Jan 25, 2021

Launch of the Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory

New Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory highlights lack of representation of Central and Eastern European citizens in EU leadership. A report by European Democracy Consulting analyses data on EU office-holders from 1952 to 2020 and reveals the extent of the discrepancies in representation among the EU’s sub-regions. …

Representation

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Launch of the Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory
Launch of the Geographical Representation in EU Leadership Observatory
Representation

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Oct 23, 2020

EDC comments Authority for European Parties’ reply to Ombudsman inquiry

In the framework of the European Ombudsman’s inquiry, opened following a complaint by European Democracy Consulting (EDC), the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF) provided its reply to the complaint. Upon proposal from the Ombudsman, European Democracy Consulting provided its comments of this reply. On 26…

European Union

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EDC comments Authority for European Parties’ reply to Ombudsman inquiry
EDC comments Authority for European Parties’ reply to Ombudsman inquiry
European Union

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Oct 1, 2020

Euractiv — Making European elections truly European

On 24 September, the European Parliament’s committee for constitutional affairs held a hearing on transnational lists and the Spitzenkandidaten system. Ahead of this hearing, Alberto Alemanno, Giorgio Clarotti, Olivier Costa and Christophe Leclercq argued, in a column published by EURACTIV, that transnational lists “would make it possible to run truly…

Europe

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Making European elections truly European
Making European elections truly European
Europe

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Jul 12, 2019

The original sin of the von der Leyen Commission

If the Council’s agreement on a package for the EU’s top jobs is, in itself, good news, there remains much to be skeptical about and the Council’s behaviour may constitute the original sin plaguing a von der Leyen Commission. Last week, the European Council put an end to its marathon…

European Union

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The original sin of the von der Leyen Commission
The original sin of the von der Leyen Commission
European Union

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Jun 27, 2019

Euractiv — Let the European Parliament choose the European Commission

Nationalist parties all across the EU have long been feeding off the Union’s lack of democracy and are bound to jump on the way the new leaders of EU institutions are elected to reinforce their message. Let us seize this opportunity to strengthen our European democracy and finally allow the European Parliament to choose the President of the European Commission! Read all about it in my new tribune on Euractiv:

European Union

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Let the European Parliament choose the European Commission
Let the European Parliament choose the European Commission
European Union

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Louis Drounau

Louis Drounau

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Founder of European Democracy Consulting eudemocracy.eu 🇪🇺 | President of EuropeanConstitution.eu 📜 | Founding Member of Mieux Voter 🗳

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