Austria,European Union,International
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 [...]
Austrian general elections, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election security, equality, social media monitoring, Telegram
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 [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, data protection in elections, Declaration of Principles, DoP, election security, endorsing DoP member, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Austria,European Union,General,International
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.
Reference report [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, featured-en, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Brussels, Vienna, 24 September 2024: The final Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies (SEEEDS) project webinar focused on the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Panelists included Marie-Hélène Boulanger of the [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
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 [...]
2024 EP elections, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election reform advocacy, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, follow up to recommendations, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Brussels, 5 July 2024: The European Commission Directorate General Justice (EC DG JUST) invited Election-Watch.EU to meet the European Cooperation Network on Elections (ECNE) following the 6-9 June European Parliament elections. The presentation of Election-Watch.EU’s preliminary findings and conclusions followed a Q&A with the representatives of Election Management Bodies and authorities of EU Member States.
Election-Watch.EU provided an overview of the [...]
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, data protection in elections, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
Austria,European Union,General,International
2024 EP elections, accountability, citizen led election observation, election security, EP elections 2024, equality, featured-en, inclusion in elections, transparency, transparency of political campaign
European Union,General,International
Brussels, Vienna, 20 May 2024: Mobile EU citizens are those EU citizens living in another EU Member State than their own. Election-Watch.EU provides the below infographics about mobile EU citizen participation in European Parliament elections to help increase electoral participation and voter turnout among mobile EU citizens. This material also responds to identified needs from the 2019 European Parliament elections, as voter turnout among mobile EU [...]
#useyourvote, 2024 EP elections, citizen led election observation, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections
European Union,General,International
Brussels/Vienna, 16 April 2024: On 16 April, a variety of organisations discussed the conditions for youth political participation and exchanged ideas on options of how to better engage young people in the upcoming 6-9 June European Parliament elections.
As part of an introduction to the discussion, Election-Watch.EU presented key facts and figures on young people’s electoral engagement, analysing also barriers to [...]
2024 EP elections, citizen led election observation, EP elections 2024, equality, inclusion in elections, transparency