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
"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
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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
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"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.
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@alexandrageese.bsky.social at #FURIC2025 on threats to democracy and manipulation of the information space.
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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...
#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"
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
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
#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...
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 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
🇷🇴 What’s at stake in the Romania presidential runoff - and what do observation findings say about trust in democracy? 🎥 Watch our latest webinar🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=yHz6...
🎙️With Septimius Parvu, Maria Krause, Vlad Stoicescu and Adam Busuleanu (EPDE)
More analysis here: expertforum.ro/en/
🎙️With Septimius Parvu, Maria Krause, Vlad Stoicescu and Adam Busuleanu (EPDE)
More analysis here: expertforum.ro/en/
May 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🇷🇴 What’s at stake in the Romania presidential runoff - and what do observation findings say about trust in democracy? 🎥 Watch our latest webinar🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=yHz6...
🎙️With Septimius Parvu, Maria Krause, Vlad Stoicescu and Adam Busuleanu (EPDE)
More analysis here: expertforum.ro/en/
🎙️With Septimius Parvu, Maria Krause, Vlad Stoicescu and Adam Busuleanu (EPDE)
More analysis here: expertforum.ro/en/
Happy to announce that journalist Vlad Stoicescu is joining our panel on the 2nd round of presidential elections in Romania!
More information and registration here: epde.org?news=webinar...
More information and registration here: epde.org?news=webinar...
May 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Happy to announce that journalist Vlad Stoicescu is joining our panel on the 2nd round of presidential elections in Romania!
More information and registration here: epde.org?news=webinar...
More information and registration here: epde.org?news=webinar...
🗳️ Romania’s presidential election heads to a second round.
Nicușor Dan vs. George Simion.
📅 Save the date: May 15, 15:00 CET
🔍 Join our webinar for insights from the first round and what's next — based on findings by Vot Corect observers.
Register: bit.ly/3ZdAf3D
Nicușor Dan vs. George Simion.
📅 Save the date: May 15, 15:00 CET
🔍 Join our webinar for insights from the first round and what's next — based on findings by Vot Corect observers.
Register: bit.ly/3ZdAf3D
May 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🗳️ Romania’s presidential election heads to a second round.
Nicușor Dan vs. George Simion.
📅 Save the date: May 15, 15:00 CET
🔍 Join our webinar for insights from the first round and what's next — based on findings by Vot Corect observers.
Register: bit.ly/3ZdAf3D
Nicușor Dan vs. George Simion.
📅 Save the date: May 15, 15:00 CET
🔍 Join our webinar for insights from the first round and what's next — based on findings by Vot Corect observers.
Register: bit.ly/3ZdAf3D
📌 Don’t forget — our webinar is tomorrow, May 7 at 15:00 CET!
With Poland’s presidential election approaching, join EPDE & PAF for a timely talk on:
-Disinformation’s impact on trust
-Trends in campaign messaging
-How young voters see the race
🎙️ Expert panel → Register here: t.ly/FohM_
With Poland’s presidential election approaching, join EPDE & PAF for a timely talk on:
-Disinformation’s impact on trust
-Trends in campaign messaging
-How young voters see the race
🎙️ Expert panel → Register here: t.ly/FohM_
May 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📌 Don’t forget — our webinar is tomorrow, May 7 at 15:00 CET!
With Poland’s presidential election approaching, join EPDE & PAF for a timely talk on:
-Disinformation’s impact on trust
-Trends in campaign messaging
-How young voters see the race
🎙️ Expert panel → Register here: t.ly/FohM_
With Poland’s presidential election approaching, join EPDE & PAF for a timely talk on:
-Disinformation’s impact on trust
-Trends in campaign messaging
-How young voters see the race
🎙️ Expert panel → Register here: t.ly/FohM_
📢 Poland’s 2025 presidential election is approaching fast.
Join our webinar on May 7, 15:00 CET, to explore campaign dynamics, digital strategies, youth engagement & integrity risks. Register: 🔗 t.ly/FohM_
🎙️ With Jakub Szymik, Adam Traczyk, Zofia Lutkiewicz
Moderated by: Adam Busuleanu
Join our webinar on May 7, 15:00 CET, to explore campaign dynamics, digital strategies, youth engagement & integrity risks. Register: 🔗 t.ly/FohM_
🎙️ With Jakub Szymik, Adam Traczyk, Zofia Lutkiewicz
Moderated by: Adam Busuleanu
May 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📢 Poland’s 2025 presidential election is approaching fast.
Join our webinar on May 7, 15:00 CET, to explore campaign dynamics, digital strategies, youth engagement & integrity risks. Register: 🔗 t.ly/FohM_
🎙️ With Jakub Szymik, Adam Traczyk, Zofia Lutkiewicz
Moderated by: Adam Busuleanu
Join our webinar on May 7, 15:00 CET, to explore campaign dynamics, digital strategies, youth engagement & integrity risks. Register: 🔗 t.ly/FohM_
🎙️ With Jakub Szymik, Adam Traczyk, Zofia Lutkiewicz
Moderated by: Adam Busuleanu
🎥 Catch up on our webinar “Romanian Presidential Elections 2.0. Has Romania Learned any Lessons for the 2025 Elections?” — now available to watch 🔗 bit.ly/3EAbpDU
✨Huge thanks to our speakers: Septimius Parvu, Mădălina Voinea, Attila Biro & Natalia Sobczuk!
✨Huge thanks to our speakers: Septimius Parvu, Mădălina Voinea, Attila Biro & Natalia Sobczuk!
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🎥 Catch up on our webinar “Romanian Presidential Elections 2.0. Has Romania Learned any Lessons for the 2025 Elections?” — now available to watch 🔗 bit.ly/3EAbpDU
✨Huge thanks to our speakers: Septimius Parvu, Mădălina Voinea, Attila Biro & Natalia Sobczuk!
✨Huge thanks to our speakers: Septimius Parvu, Mădălina Voinea, Attila Biro & Natalia Sobczuk!
📅 Happening on 24th April at 15:00 CET!
What’s next for 🇷🇴 Romania’s 2025 presidential elections after the annulled 2024 vote?
Join our webinar with ExpertForum, Context.ro & EPDE.
🎙️ Insights, concerns, online campaigning
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
What’s next for 🇷🇴 Romania’s 2025 presidential elections after the annulled 2024 vote?
Join our webinar with ExpertForum, Context.ro & EPDE.
🎙️ Insights, concerns, online campaigning
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
April 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📅 Happening on 24th April at 15:00 CET!
What’s next for 🇷🇴 Romania’s 2025 presidential elections after the annulled 2024 vote?
Join our webinar with ExpertForum, Context.ro & EPDE.
🎙️ Insights, concerns, online campaigning
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
What’s next for 🇷🇴 Romania’s 2025 presidential elections after the annulled 2024 vote?
Join our webinar with ExpertForum, Context.ro & EPDE.
🎙️ Insights, concerns, online campaigning
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
📌 Save the date: April 24, 15:00 CET
What’s ahead for 🇷🇴Romania’s 2025 presidential race—and what changed after the 2024 election was annulled?
Join our webinar organized with Expert Forum as we unpack key developments in electoral reform, digital campaigning & more.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
What’s ahead for 🇷🇴Romania’s 2025 presidential race—and what changed after the 2024 election was annulled?
Join our webinar organized with Expert Forum as we unpack key developments in electoral reform, digital campaigning & more.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📌 Save the date: April 24, 15:00 CET
What’s ahead for 🇷🇴Romania’s 2025 presidential race—and what changed after the 2024 election was annulled?
Join our webinar organized with Expert Forum as we unpack key developments in electoral reform, digital campaigning & more.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU
What’s ahead for 🇷🇴Romania’s 2025 presidential race—and what changed after the 2024 election was annulled?
Join our webinar organized with Expert Forum as we unpack key developments in electoral reform, digital campaigning & more.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EAbpDU