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Brussels, 28 August 2023: Election-Watch.EU (EW), together with the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Democracy Reporting International (DRI), and the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) published a Policy Paper to the upcoming European Parliament elections in June 2024. The findings and recommendations are outlined in four chapters: 1) Equality and Inclusion, 2) Transparency, 3) Accountability, and 4) Risks and Opportunities.

Four thematic webinars under the Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies (SEEEDS) project had European policy makers and experts discuss key topics of the 2024 European elections. The SEEEDS project aims at: raising awareness about the European elections, fight disinformation, and bridging the gap between active European citizens and EU decision makers; developing practical recommendations at European level; encouraging citizen participation, in particular of women, youth, voters with disabilities, and mobile European citizens. The 4 SEEEDS webinars can be watched online: Webinar 1 on “Equality and Inclusion”, Webinar 2 on “Transparency”, Webinar 3 on “Accountability”, and Webinar 4 on “Risks and Opportunities”.

A high-level panel, including representatives of the four major political groups and civil society, debated about enhancing electoral integrity ahead of the upcoming European elections at the EP on 4 July 2023 (click for a Summary and Recording) The SEEEDS project partners stand ready to support European and MS decision makers in protecting trust in and enhancing integrity of the 2024 EP elections. 

The  European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper can be accessed here and has been translated into the following languages:

European-Parliament-Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Bulgarian language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Czech language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – German language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – French language translation

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Greek language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Hungarian language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Latvian language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS_Policy Paper – Polish language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Romanian language version

European Parliament Elections SEEEDS Policy Paper – Slovak language version

A Summary of the SEEEDS High-Level Event at the European Parliament on 4 July 2023 can be accessed here and has been translated into the following languages:

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event 4 July 2023 – Bulgarian language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event  4 July 2023 – Czech language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event 4 July 2023_- Greek language version

SEEEDS High-level EP Event 4 July 2023 – Hungarian language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event 4 July 2023 – Latvian language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event_4 July 2023 – Polish language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event 4 July 2023 – Romanian language version

SEEEDS High-Level EP Event 4 July 2023 – Slovak language version

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