European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE)
@epde.bsky.social
Supporting independent citizen election observation for free and fair elections in Europe and beyond. www.epde.org
✨ 📘 Concluding Document #FURIC2025 🖇️ epde.org/furic/
When resources are limited, commitment and collaboration often determine success. 👉 Read the recommendations how governments, EMBs, EU, donors, observers, and platforms can work together to ensure integrity of elections 🔗 epde.org/wp-content/u...
When resources are limited, commitment and collaboration often determine success. 👉 Read the recommendations how governments, EMBs, EU, donors, observers, and platforms can work together to ensure integrity of elections 🔗 epde.org/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
✨ 📘 Concluding Document #FURIC2025 🖇️ epde.org/furic/
When resources are limited, commitment and collaboration often determine success. 👉 Read the recommendations how governments, EMBs, EU, donors, observers, and platforms can work together to ensure integrity of elections 🔗 epde.org/wp-content/u...
When resources are limited, commitment and collaboration often determine success. 👉 Read the recommendations how governments, EMBs, EU, donors, observers, and platforms can work together to ensure integrity of elections 🔗 epde.org/wp-content/u...
🇲🇩 🗳️ Despite severe foreign interference, Moldova’s Sept 28 elections demonstrated remarkable resilience. Read our takeaways on how democracies can build defence capabilities to withstand hybrid pressures based on exchange with local stakeholders and experts.
epde.org?news=moldova...
epde.org?news=moldova...
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🇲🇩 🗳️ Despite severe foreign interference, Moldova’s Sept 28 elections demonstrated remarkable resilience. Read our takeaways on how democracies can build defence capabilities to withstand hybrid pressures based on exchange with local stakeholders and experts.
epde.org?news=moldova...
epde.org?news=moldova...
🇬🇪 We identified 29 fake observers, assisted the Georgian government in lending an appearance of legitimacy to the elections on October 4, 2025.
"With real observers absent, politically biased 'fake observers' filled the gap" 🔗 Read our full statement incl. the list of fake observers: bit.ly/3KZJC2G
"With real observers absent, politically biased 'fake observers' filled the gap" 🔗 Read our full statement incl. the list of fake observers: bit.ly/3KZJC2G
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🇬🇪 We identified 29 fake observers, assisted the Georgian government in lending an appearance of legitimacy to the elections on October 4, 2025.
"With real observers absent, politically biased 'fake observers' filled the gap" 🔗 Read our full statement incl. the list of fake observers: bit.ly/3KZJC2G
"With real observers absent, politically biased 'fake observers' filled the gap" 🔗 Read our full statement incl. the list of fake observers: bit.ly/3KZJC2G
Reposted by European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE)
📱Monitoring the use of new technologies is a key factor to preserve the integrity of the election processes.
🗳️We must do much more to protect our democracies from external influences.
🗣️⬇️ Opening in #FURIC2025 @epde.bsky.social
🗳️We must do much more to protect our democracies from external influences.
🗣️⬇️ Opening in #FURIC2025 @epde.bsky.social
(23/09/2025) Presentation of the 2025 FURIC conference.
YouTube video by Nacho Sánchez Amor
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📱Monitoring the use of new technologies is a key factor to preserve the integrity of the election processes.
🗳️We must do much more to protect our democracies from external influences.
🗣️⬇️ Opening in #FURIC2025 @epde.bsky.social
🗳️We must do much more to protect our democracies from external influences.
🗣️⬇️ Opening in #FURIC2025 @epde.bsky.social
We will be back live at 5 PM CET for the Afternoon session of #FURIC2025
"Innovation and Accountability in Election Observation: Strengthening Follow-up Frameworks for Lasting Impact"
Make sure to tune in here: youtube.com/live/yda_ods...
"Innovation and Accountability in Election Observation: Strengthening Follow-up Frameworks for Lasting Impact"
Make sure to tune in here: youtube.com/live/yda_ods...
FURIC 2025: Technologies for Trust: Innovating for Election Integrity in a Changing Global Order
YouTube video by European Platform for Democratic Elections EPDE
youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We will be back live at 5 PM CET for the Afternoon session of #FURIC2025
"Innovation and Accountability in Election Observation: Strengthening Follow-up Frameworks for Lasting Impact"
Make sure to tune in here: youtube.com/live/yda_ods...
"Innovation and Accountability in Election Observation: Strengthening Follow-up Frameworks for Lasting Impact"
Make sure to tune in here: youtube.com/live/yda_ods...
"This conference is a signal how important the cooperation between citizen election observers and the parliaments have become in recent times." Stefanie Schiffer, Chair of the EPDE Board, opening #FURIC2025 at the European Parliament
youtu.be/7r9asw-KlIA
youtu.be/7r9asw-KlIA
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"This conference is a signal how important the cooperation between citizen election observers and the parliaments have become in recent times." Stefanie Schiffer, Chair of the EPDE Board, opening #FURIC2025 at the European Parliament
youtu.be/7r9asw-KlIA
youtu.be/7r9asw-KlIA
"Threats to election integrity don't start four weeks before an election, but it's about how do people form their political opinions."
@alexandrageese.bsky.social at #FURIC2025 on threats to democracy and manipulation of the information space.
youtu.be/IVFhhOTtCS0
@alexandrageese.bsky.social at #FURIC2025 on threats to democracy and manipulation of the information space.
youtu.be/IVFhhOTtCS0
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Threats to election integrity don't start four weeks before an election, but it's about how do people form their political opinions."
@alexandrageese.bsky.social at #FURIC2025 on threats to democracy and manipulation of the information space.
youtu.be/IVFhhOTtCS0
@alexandrageese.bsky.social at #FURIC2025 on threats to democracy and manipulation of the information space.
youtu.be/IVFhhOTtCS0
🔴 We are live! Tune in for #FURIC2025: Technologies for Trust. Innovating for Election Integrity in a Changing Global Order. www.europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?e...
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🔴 We are live! Tune in for #FURIC2025: Technologies for Trust. Innovating for Election Integrity in a Changing Global Order. www.europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?e...
🚨🇬🇪 EPDE calls for strong EU response to crackdown on election observers ahead of Georgia’s Local Elections
Read the full statement here 🔗 bit.ly/4g3PV0G
Read the full statement here 🔗 bit.ly/4g3PV0G
August 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨🇬🇪 EPDE calls for strong EU response to crackdown on election observers ahead of Georgia’s Local Elections
Read the full statement here 🔗 bit.ly/4g3PV0G
Read the full statement here 🔗 bit.ly/4g3PV0G
GNDEM condemns continued efforts by the 🇬🇪 Georgian government to close civic space, limit basic freedoms and undermine the activities of citizen observers.
🔗 Read the full statement here: gndem.org/stories/gnde...
🔗 Read the full statement here: gndem.org/stories/gnde...
August 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
GNDEM condemns continued efforts by the 🇬🇪 Georgian government to close civic space, limit basic freedoms and undermine the activities of citizen observers.
🔗 Read the full statement here: gndem.org/stories/gnde...
🔗 Read the full statement here: gndem.org/stories/gnde...
"We will not cease our work. Regardless of seizures, repressions, or threats, we will stubbornly continue our work as long as the 🇬🇪people fight for justice and fairness every day"
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy responds to the asset freeze of independent NGOs🔗 bit.ly/4fZcPWM
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy responds to the asset freeze of independent NGOs🔗 bit.ly/4fZcPWM
Despite Asset Freezes and Repressions, Georgian NGOs Will Continue Our Work | ISFED
The asset freeze of seven independent organizations represents yet another illegal act by Ivanishvili’s government. It violates fundamental human rights and serves to sabotage the European integration...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"We will not cease our work. Regardless of seizures, repressions, or threats, we will stubbornly continue our work as long as the 🇬🇪people fight for justice and fairness every day"
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy responds to the asset freeze of independent NGOs🔗 bit.ly/4fZcPWM
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy responds to the asset freeze of independent NGOs🔗 bit.ly/4fZcPWM
#Webinar | 3 September 2025 | 2:30 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4myMDox
🇲🇩 Join us for the 4th webinar in our series on the Moldova 2025 parliamentary elections: "Hate Speech During Electoral Campaigns: Monitoring and Response Tools"
🇲🇩 Join us for the 4th webinar in our series on the Moldova 2025 parliamentary elections: "Hate Speech During Electoral Campaigns: Monitoring and Response Tools"
August 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#Webinar | 3 September 2025 | 2:30 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4myMDox
🇲🇩 Join us for the 4th webinar in our series on the Moldova 2025 parliamentary elections: "Hate Speech During Electoral Campaigns: Monitoring and Response Tools"
🇲🇩 Join us for the 4th webinar in our series on the Moldova 2025 parliamentary elections: "Hate Speech During Electoral Campaigns: Monitoring and Response Tools"
🇲🇩What measures are needed to ensure accessibility, accuracy, and integrity in voter lists and diaspora voting ahead of Moldova’s 2025 elections?
🎥 If you missed our third webinar in the series, watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzm...
🎥 If you missed our third webinar in the series, watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzm...
Moldova: Voter Lists and Voting Abroad: Accessibility, Accuracy, and Integrity | 15 August 2025
YouTube video by European Platform for Democratic Elections EPDE
www.youtube.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🇲🇩What measures are needed to ensure accessibility, accuracy, and integrity in voter lists and diaspora voting ahead of Moldova’s 2025 elections?
🎥 If you missed our third webinar in the series, watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzm...
🎥 If you missed our third webinar in the series, watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzm...
August 15, 14:30 CET | Join our third webinar on the 2025 Elections in 🇲🇩: Voter Lists and Voting Abroad – Accessibility, Accuracy, and Integrity 🔗 bit.ly/4fnznjQ
🎙️ Nadejda Sacovici (IRI), Igor Bucataru (Promo-LEX Association), Victor Martin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Skye Christensen (UNDP)
🎙️ Nadejda Sacovici (IRI), Igor Bucataru (Promo-LEX Association), Victor Martin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Skye Christensen (UNDP)
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
August 15, 14:30 CET | Join our third webinar on the 2025 Elections in 🇲🇩: Voter Lists and Voting Abroad – Accessibility, Accuracy, and Integrity 🔗 bit.ly/4fnznjQ
🎙️ Nadejda Sacovici (IRI), Igor Bucataru (Promo-LEX Association), Victor Martin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Skye Christensen (UNDP)
🎙️ Nadejda Sacovici (IRI), Igor Bucataru (Promo-LEX Association), Victor Martin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Skye Christensen (UNDP)
🇲🇩Moldova's 2025 elections is a decisive moment that shapes the 🇲🇩 path toward 🇪🇺 integration. In our latest policy alert, Petru Culeac unpacks 4 legal packages, adopted in 2025, explaining how they reshape electoral landscape and mark a shift from reactive to a more preventive approach🔗 bit.ly/4onFMj8
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🇲🇩Moldova's 2025 elections is a decisive moment that shapes the 🇲🇩 path toward 🇪🇺 integration. In our latest policy alert, Petru Culeac unpacks 4 legal packages, adopted in 2025, explaining how they reshape electoral landscape and mark a shift from reactive to a more preventive approach🔗 bit.ly/4onFMj8
Crypto. Dark money. Disinfo.
At #MoneyInPolitics2025, EPDE Board Member Zosia Lutkiewicz called for joint action to protect elections from foreign money & digital threats.
“Observers can’t do this alone—we need broad cooperation.”
epde.org?news=epde-at...
At #MoneyInPolitics2025, EPDE Board Member Zosia Lutkiewicz called for joint action to protect elections from foreign money & digital threats.
“Observers can’t do this alone—we need broad cooperation.”
epde.org?news=epde-at...
Defending Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age. EPDE at the Money in Politics Conference - European Platform for Democratic Elections
EPDE board member Zosia Lutkiewicz, President of the Political Accountability Foundation, took part in the 2025 edition of the Money in Politics conference,
epde.org
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Crypto. Dark money. Disinfo.
At #MoneyInPolitics2025, EPDE Board Member Zosia Lutkiewicz called for joint action to protect elections from foreign money & digital threats.
“Observers can’t do this alone—we need broad cooperation.”
epde.org?news=epde-at...
At #MoneyInPolitics2025, EPDE Board Member Zosia Lutkiewicz called for joint action to protect elections from foreign money & digital threats.
“Observers can’t do this alone—we need broad cooperation.”
epde.org?news=epde-at...
4 years since the detention of #Viasna’s Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic & Uladzimir Labkovich in Belarus.
They remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges amid a broader crackdown on civil society.
Read more about ongoing repression: rb.gy/8b2x08
They remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges amid a broader crackdown on civil society.
Read more about ongoing repression: rb.gy/8b2x08
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
4 years since the detention of #Viasna’s Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic & Uladzimir Labkovich in Belarus.
They remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges amid a broader crackdown on civil society.
Read more about ongoing repression: rb.gy/8b2x08
They remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges amid a broader crackdown on civil society.
Read more about ongoing repression: rb.gy/8b2x08
🎥 If you missed our recent webinar “Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards”, watch the discussion here 🔗 youtu.be/o1D2a7XE5RA
🌟 A warm thank you to our speakers - Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Zofia Lutkiewicz and Adam Busuleanu!
🌟 A warm thank you to our speakers - Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Zofia Lutkiewicz and Adam Busuleanu!
June 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🎥 If you missed our recent webinar “Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards”, watch the discussion here 🔗 youtu.be/o1D2a7XE5RA
🌟 A warm thank you to our speakers - Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Zofia Lutkiewicz and Adam Busuleanu!
🌟 A warm thank you to our speakers - Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Zofia Lutkiewicz and Adam Busuleanu!
⚠️ On June 23, the Anti-Corruption Bureau presented a court order to our member ISFED, demanding access to nearly all data from 2024 — incl. personal info of beneficiaries and partners. The order lacks proper legal grounds, threatening professional confidentiality, protected by 🇬🇪 law 🔗 bit.ly/3FVWDIB
June 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⚠️ On June 23, the Anti-Corruption Bureau presented a court order to our member ISFED, demanding access to nearly all data from 2024 — incl. personal info of beneficiaries and partners. The order lacks proper legal grounds, threatening professional confidentiality, protected by 🇬🇪 law 🔗 bit.ly/3FVWDIB
🕒 Don’t miss today’s webinar on Poland’s 2025 elections! Register now 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
#SaveTheDate | 25 June 15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
June 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🕒 Don’t miss today’s webinar on Poland’s 2025 elections! Register now 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
Don’t forget to register for our webinar on 🇵🇱’s 2025 Election 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
"Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards"
📅 June 25
🕒3:00 PM CET
🎙️with Zofia Lutkiewicz, Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska and Adam Busuleanu
"Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards"
📅 June 25
🕒3:00 PM CET
🎙️with Zofia Lutkiewicz, Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska and Adam Busuleanu
June 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Don’t forget to register for our webinar on 🇵🇱’s 2025 Election 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
"Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards"
📅 June 25
🕒3:00 PM CET
🎙️with Zofia Lutkiewicz, Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska and Adam Busuleanu
"Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards"
📅 June 25
🕒3:00 PM CET
🎙️with Zofia Lutkiewicz, Sonia Horonziak, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska and Adam Busuleanu
#SaveTheDate | 25 June 15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
June 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#SaveTheDate | 25 June 15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4e97gV2
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
Join us for a webinar, organised with Political Accountability Foundation (PAF), as we unpack key takeaways from 🇵🇱 2025 election, where traditional norms gave way to candidate-influencers, blurred institutional roles, and gaps in transparency
"National parliaments should step up the fight against fake election observers" European Parliament & EPDE co-hosted conference on Countering Fake Election Observation recommends EU member state parliaments commit to code of conduct for election observation. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
June 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"National parliaments should step up the fight against fake election observers" European Parliament & EPDE co-hosted conference on Countering Fake Election Observation recommends EU member state parliaments commit to code of conduct for election observation. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Honoured to co-host a high-level conference with the EP’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) on countering fake observation, disinfo & hybrid threats. We will deep-dive with MEPs, experts to shape strategies to defend election integrity. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Countering fake election observation, disinformation, and hybrid threats | News | European Parliament
MEPs and election experts will discuss ways to counter politically biased (“fake”) election observation and related disinformation campaigns at a conference on 4 and 5 June.
www.europarl.europa.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Honoured to co-host a high-level conference with the EP’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) on countering fake observation, disinfo & hybrid threats. We will deep-dive with MEPs, experts to shape strategies to defend election integrity. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
❗️ Last call to join our webinar on the Moldova parliamentary election at 2:30 CET
Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections! 🇲🇩 Can bold electoral reforms boost trust without breaking the system?
🔗 Register now and join the conversation: bit.ly/4kpdvpo
🗓️ May 27 | 14:30 CET
🔗 Register now and join the conversation: bit.ly/4kpdvpo
🗓️ May 27 | 14:30 CET
May 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
❗️ Last call to join our webinar on the Moldova parliamentary election at 2:30 CET