Austria,European Union,General,International

Election Assessment Mission Report with good practice examples published

30 Sep , 2024  

Brussels, Vienna, 30 September 2024: Today, Election-Watch.EU published its Final Report with key findings, good practices and recommendations of the Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 European Parliament Elections. From the beginning of May to mid-June, the Mission assessed the European elections across the 27 EU Member States based on six key principles: integrity, inclusion, accountability, transparency, equality, and resilience.

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Austria,European Union,International

Telegram and its role in Austria’s 2024 election

9 Dec , 2024  

Vienna, Berlin, 9 December 2024: In the recent general elections, Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) secured its position as the largest party in Parliament for the first time. Election-Watch.EU examined the role of Telegram in shaping political discourse during this period in a collaborative effort [...]  read more

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General,International

International election observer organisations convene in Gdansk

22 Nov , 2024  

Gdansk, 20-22 November 2024: Election-Watch.EU participated for the first time as an endorsing member at the annual implementation meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation in Gdansk/Poland. Hosted by OSCE / ODIHR, and opened by former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Lech Wałęsa, the event took place in [...]  read more

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Austria,General

Vote Advice Application for the Austrian general elections online

16 Sep , 2024  

Vienna, 16 September 2024: Since Monday, 16 September 2024, the vote advice application wahlrechner.at for the 2024 Austrian National Council election is online. The wahlrechner.at was first tested during the European elections as a pilot project, where the app recorded 550,000 users.  

The project, initiated by several democracy-focused NGOs, is supported both technically and content-wise by the association KohoVolit.eu, which [...]  read more

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European Union,International

IFES Symposium on AI & Disinformation

13 Sep , 2024  

Prague, 13 September 2024: The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Regional Europe Office organised a Symposium on “AI, Disinformation, Coordination: Lessons from Europe’s 2024 Elections in Countering Influence Operations” in Prague.

Building on the recently published paper by IFES and the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, this symposium brought together democratic actors from across the region and from a variety [...]  read more

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European Union,General,International

The EU’s AI Act and its Impact on Electoral Processes

10 Sep , 2024  

Brussels, Vienna, 10 September 2024:  The EU passed several landmark legislative acts to regulate the digital space surrounding elections, including the AI Act, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) and the Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (TTPA), enhancing the broader fundamental rights and safeguards framework, ahead of the June 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections.

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European Union,General

Webinar on what we observed in the 2024 European Elections

28 Aug , 2024  

Brussels, Vienna 28 August 2024: Election-Watch.EU will present an overview of findings and recommendations of its Election Assessment Mission (EAM) to the 2024 Elections at the SEEEDS webinar on Tuesday, 24 September at 16:00 hours

Election-Watch.EU has been collecting good electoral practices in EU Member States  and with the Final EAM Report [...]  read more

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European Union,General,International

The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and its impact on electoral processes

9 Jul , 2024  

Vienna, 9 July 2024: The purpose of the EU AI Act is among others to “ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of the AI systems in the Union”. Adopted by the Council of the EU on 21 May 2024, the AI Act is expected to be published in the EU Official Journal during the second half of July 2024. 

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