As an NGO relying on requests of access to documents, this is concerning. We already had to battle to obtain information when it was published, and not 8 years after the facts, as the @europarl.europa.eu was arguing. www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...

On 4 December, the Party of the European Left (EL) was fined just under €5,000 by the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. 1/3 @appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu #europeanparties 👉 For more: appf.europa.eu/appf/en/othe...

Monnet "saw politicians as short-termist by nature, egotistical by nature" -- this is why we have political parties, to create long-projects that go beyond politicians' self-interest. And this is why we need strong #europeanparties that citizens can join and vote for, and who choose representatives.

On 14 November 2025, 🎄Christmas came early: the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations (@appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu) published information on donations and contributions received by #europeanparties in 2024! Let's dive in! 👇👇 1/28 www.appf.europa.eu/appf/en/dona...

Entry into force of the new Regulation on #europeanparties is planned for 1st January 2026.

New Regulation on the statute and funding of #europeanparties and foundations adopted unanimously by the Council of the European Union. @eudemocracy.eu @appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu @consilium.europa.eu @euractiv.com @politico.eu

While not part of the press, we share the principle that reliable information is a public good and a condition to strengthen democracy. This is the essence of our European Party Funding Observatory (epfo.eu) -- to provide citizens with reliable data on #europeanparties. www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-...

As the European Parliament votes on limited reform on #europeanparties, here is your reminder that we need your support to ensure #transparency on these parties!

✅ For more on #europeanparties and their funding, make sure to check the European Party Funding Observatory at epfo.eu!

🚨 Long thread alert! Today, the EP (@europarl.europa.eu) is voting on the agreement reached with the Council on the new Regulation on the statute and funding of #europeanparties and foundations, under the Polish presidency back in June 2025. So, what does this mean for our common parties? 1/24

Our European Party Funding Observatory is a unique platform providing transparency on #europeanparties and their funding. Such platforms are commonplace at the national level, but absent at the EU level, so we stepped in and built one. Now we need your support! 💪 Check out our project and chip in!

The single best way to strengthen our union is to build a real European democracy, so that citizens may decide what the EU should do and where it should go. These projects cannot be made on a national basis. And this starts by helping citizens know their parties!👇 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

And it's official, we now have two additional European political foundations! 🎉 #pluralism #europeanparties #eudemocracy @appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu

According to the ECJ, it is not against EU law for #europeanparties to mislead/lie to citizens, at least about themselves. This makes it even more important for the @appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu to ensure user-friendly access to the information it holds. In the meantime, the EPFO is here for you. epfo.eu

On Wednesday, the European Court of Justice (@eucourtofjustice.bsky.social) annulled a sanction by the APPF (@appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu) requiring far-right Patriots.eu to pay a €47,000 fine -- the first ever imposed on #europeanparties -- for misleading citizens. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

Great to read about #europeanparties, @politico.eu, but it would be so much better not to start with the name of the political group in the European Parliament... Things are already confusing enough as they are. Much appreciated. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

@appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu received application material for registration of a 🆕 European political foundation affiliated to ELA Party: “For the People” (documentation published without prejudice to verifications). More via the tab "Applications for registration" 👇 appf.europa.eu/appf/

Over 20 years, #europeanparties have received over half a billion euros in taxpayer money. Who got how much? when? what for? Public funding must be met with accountability. And accountability requires #transparency. Support our project for more transparency! 👇👇 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

@appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu received application material for registration of a🆕European political foundation affiliated to ESN Party: "Sovereignty Foundation" (documentation published without prejudice to verification) More via the tab "Applications for registration"👇 www.appf.europa.eu/appf/en/home...

🔍 Spotted: the Europe of Sovereign Nations is seeking to register a European political foundation, the Sovereignty Foundation (SF). The creation/registration of this foundation had been postponed in 2024 to focus on registering the party on time to apply for European public funding. #europeanparties

Summer is here, the sun is out. And they say the sun is the best disinfectant. The same is true for politics where #transparency is the best way to avoid corruption & abuses. Which is why initiatives such as our observatory of the funding of #europeanparties are so essential. We need your support! 👇

It's that time of the year! The note of the secretary-general of the European Parliament on the final reports on the funding of #europeanparties for 2023 is out!! (minus the redacted part we are working to get). 🇪🇺 Now, what does this tell us about European party funding? Dive in! 🧵👇

❌ Once again, our request for public access to documents regarding the public funding of #europeanparties is answered with redactions. ✅ Once again, we will keep pushing for the full release of documents regarding the use of European citizens' tax money by their European parties.

In the absence of proper transparency on #europeanparties parties from EU institutions, we are doing the work and providing citizens with reliable, up-to-date information. But we need you! Support our project! 💪👇

Only one single mention of "democracy" in the priorities of Denmark's EU Council Presidency -- only to address foreign interference and really because the Commission's package is called "defence of democracy". No mention of #europeanparties. www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Democracy is never over. And the European Democracy Consulting Stiftung never rests. If you can, give a hand! 💪🇪🇺 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

#europeanparties and foundations receive up to 90-95% of their funding from European taxpayers' pockets -- up to €70 million for 2025 alone. And yet, the report on this funding is not published. Citizens have to request it themselves, then wait 3 weeks, and then apparently wait yet another 3 weeks.

🚨 The @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu strike a deal on the regulation of #europeanparties. Here is why it is unfortunately not the good news it could have been. 🧵👇 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Democracy does not easy. It needs to be nurtured, it needs to be promoted, and it needs to be fought for. Our European Party Funding Observatory does just that: it provides reliable, easy-access, and clear information on #europeanparties. But we need your support! www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Very grateful to welcome today the 2 winning classes of @appf-eu.eudemocracy.eu’s School competition from Chișinău 🇲🇩 & Torhout 🇧🇪 for a great Award ceremony 🎉 Thank you Deputy PM @cgherasimov, VP @javilopezEU & @GheorgheFalca and congratulations once again to the winners! #EUDemocracy 🇪🇺

Democracy does not easy. It needs to be nurtured, it needs to be promoted, and it needs to be fought for. Our European Party Funding Observatory does just that: it provides reliable, easy-access, and clear information on #europeanparties. But we need your support! www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Looking to bolster your #transparency credentials following a court rule, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu? Look no further and support the European Party Funding Observatory -- a one-of-a-kind initiative to inform citizens on #europeanparties! @ec.europa.eu www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

If the European Union wants to act on the global stage as a democracy with moral standing, it cannot be an exception to rules on political transparency. And it needs to do more on the transparency of #europeanparties and of their funding. Read our policy proposals 👉 eudemocracy.eu/stiftung/fil...

A gentle reminder to all the conservatives (rightfully) celebrating Europe today/tom: Schuman & Monnet's plan was not that of a Member State-driven Europe, but always of a *federal* Europe. You may disagree, but at least acknowledge you do not actually support their historic plan. #EuropeDay2025 🇪🇺

Should European public funding go to #europeanparties whose members support the Russian regime? A quick thread 🧵👇 www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Russia trying to convince entities involved in EU affairs (here @eudemocracy.eu) of the importance of EU-Russia economic interests and to "profit through third-country schemes". Anyone got some variation on this? @thegoodlobby.bsky.social, @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi, @politico.eu?

Did you know that the representation of #europeanparties varies tremendously between the European and national levels and between the legislative and executive branches? 👉 public.tableau.com/views/Repres... How did we find this out? A quick 🧵

Democracy requires #transparency. And when public authorities fail to provide it, civil society must step in. This is what we are doing with the European Party Funding Observatory. Ensuring that transparency on #europeanparties and their funding! Support us! www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Representative democracy requires political parties, in order to go beyond individual projects and egos, and citizens should be familiar with their parties. The EU is no exception. We need your support for our project to bring transparency on #europeanparties! 🇪🇺 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

While too many places veer to autocracy, Europe must entrench and strengthen its democracy -- not just at the national level, but also at the European level. And representative democracy requires political parties that citizens know and can relate to! www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Your gentle reminder that, as of March 2025, the most recent final amounts of EU public funding distributed to #europeanparties date back to... 2021! This is the level of #transparency that the current legal framework allows for and it is not enough. @appf-eu.bsky.social @eudemocracy.bsky.social

Interesting move: the @eppofficial.bsky.social will discuss opening its membership to citizens at its upcoming congress in Valencia. Note, however, that there is no mention that such individual membership will grant voting or other decision-making rights. ❌ #europeanparties via @politico.eu

Just a note that, as of today 18 March 2025, the audit reports of #europeanparties for the financial year 2023 are still not published by the European Parliament. @europarl.europa.eu Our Initiative on Transparency for European party Funding (ITEF) aims at fixing issues like these. #transparency

Representative democracy requires political parties, in order to go beyond individual projects and egos, and citizens should be familiar with their parties. The EU is no exception. We need your support for our project to bring transparency on #europeanparties! 🇪🇺 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Interesting piece by Kristof Heidemann via @verfassungsblog.de on private donations in Germany. Always good to keep an eye on national situations for best/worst practices! #europeanparties verfassungsblog.de/parteien-gro...

- Us, apply for funding: People do not know #europeanparties, we are building an observatory to help provide information! - French MFA: Your project does not target the general public. - Well, it's an online platform.. - It's not in French! - We ask for funding to make it multi-lingual. - Non.

Ahead of Tuesday's #AFCO hearing on #europeanparties, here is our one-pager highlighting our three key messages for upcoming inter-institutional discussions! 🇪🇺👇 eudemocracy.eu/stiftung/fil... @appf-eu.bsky.social @europarl.europa.eu @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social

And for more on the funding of #europeanparties and its evolution, make sure to check the European Party Funding Observatory! 👉 epfo.eu 🇪🇺

For only the second time ever, the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations (@appf-eu.bsky.social) imposed a sanction -- this time on the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, for funding a national party. #europeanparties www.appf.europa.eu/cmsdata/2927...

We just imported the messages we could from our Twitter account (apologies for any spam) and will now proceed to closing it. 💪 Here's to continuing discussions in a more constructive space. 🥂