Very strong majority in favour of opening an investigation on ESN Party. An important precedent and interesting process to watch out for. Whatever the outcome, this is democracy giving itself the tools to defend its values. For more 👉 edcstiftung.eu/post/complia...

⚠️ Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on whether or not to request the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations (APPF) to open a verification procedure against Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN). 1/9 Letter sent by APPF to the Council, via @politico.eu 👇

✅ The European Parliament should vote to allow the APPF to open a verification procedure. This vote is not a political decision to de-register ESN, but only a recognition that the facts gathered by the APPF are valid and justify opening a verification procedure.

❌ As a heat wave crushes Europe, the EU is working hard to undo its green regulations addressing the climate emergency. ❔ Do you feel properly represented in these decisions? ✅ We need strong #europeanparties that citizens directly vote for! ⏩ It starts here ⏬ www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

The legal framework on #europeanparties and foundation now asks for data to be reported and published in open, machine-readable format. ⁉️ How does one do this? ✅ We just published guidance to help implement this! #transparency #opendata edcstiftung.eu/post/machine...

The @europarl.europa.eu is discussing the EU law on #europeanparties. This is a chance to increase #transparency and thereby strengthen democracy. In the meantime, we've got you covered -- but we need your support 👇 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Meanwhile, the @eppgroup.bsky.social continues to hoard the europeanparties.eu domain, even though it is a parliamentary group and not a European political party, for a supposed project that never materialises. Note: we are still interested! #europeanparties

⁉️ What are budgets good for when they consistently misrepresent real life? Year after year, the Patriots have submitted budgets to EU institutions that never remotely materialised, but just happened to match their maximum entitlement of European public funding. Read on 👇 #europeanparties 1/8

Great to see the media keeping an eye on the use of citizens' money. But, for this to properly work, we need more #transparency, as @louisdrounau.eudemocracy.eu argues in @maxgriera.bsky.social's piece for @politico.eu. Following yesterday's #AFCO vote, the ball is in the @ec.europa.eu's court!

Some clear problems have easy solutions, but it does not make them the right solution. #europeanparties have been struggling to raise private donations for two decades. But allowing wealthy donors to give more is not the right solution, and it comes with clear risks. 👉 edcstiftung.eu/post/donatio...

And, for a more detailed analysis of the proposal, read @eudemocracy.eu's post 👇 edcstiftung.eu/post/donatio...

Some reform proposals seem innocuous, or even sensible. But, upon closer inspection, they reveal themselves as the wrong solution to the right problem. Cue the proposed increase in donation caps for #europeanparties and foundations 👇 edcstiftung.eu/post/donatio...

Yet another example of the consequences of a lack of #transparency on the funding and spending of #europeanparties. The time for reform is now!

On 9/03, the Bureau of the EP reviewed a report of the Secretary-General on the funding of #europeanparties for 2024. The next day, we requested it. After 3 weeks, when the time limit for a reply hit, we were told to wait. Another 3 weeks later, past the next limit, still nothing. #transparency

The @europarl.europa.eu is discussing the EU law on #europeanparties. This is a chance to increase #transparency and thereby strengthen democracy. In the meantime, we've got you covered -- but we need your support 👇 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Our ITEF proposals were made possible by our long-standing work on the European Party Funding Observatory. 🇪🇺 The EPFO has a lot more to offer, and we need your support to make this a reality. If you care for #democracy, we are counting on you! #europeanparties www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

In 2021, I warned that the continued decrease in #europeanparties' co-financing rate was a slippery slope. Back then, the argument was that funding was difficult so the 10% rate should be aligned with foundations' 5%. Now the EP is proposing a 0% rate for foundations -- no need for private funding.

🚨 Question for EU law experts around here: when EU law requests the publication of information by Parliament or an EU agency, does it implicitly forbid the publication of supplementary/contextual information? Extra: when an EU body mentions the "data minimisation principle", what is the legal basis?

For the past 7 years or so, I have been saying that the absence of engagement of citizens by #europeanparties is preventing the advent of a true European representative democracy and feeding populist narratives of a non-democratic Europe. In 2025, the EPP, a party with 184 MEPs had... 23 members.

✅ It is time to rethink the funding of European parties, and to tie part of this funding to parties' number of individual members and their raising of small donations. #partyfunding #politicalfinance 💶 For more on the reform of #europeanparties' funding (from 2021) 👇 www.oegfe.at/en/policy_br...

So make sure to check edcstiftung.eu/itef

Representative democracy needs more than just #transparency. But with national governments still opposing a political union, getting citizens to better know the #europeanparties that seek to represent them is a first and essential step. Cue Jean Monnet's "petits pas" method, when nothing else works.

The world moves, and we move with it: today, we unveil the new version of our Initiative on Transparency for European party Funding! 🇪🇺 What's that? ITEF is a set of policy proposals to improve #transparency on the funding of #europeanparties. 👇 edcstiftung.eu/itef #transparency #europeanparties

The world moves, and we move with it: today, we unveil the new version of our Initiative on Transparency for European party Funding! 🇪🇺 What's that? ITEF is a set of policy proposals to improve #transparency on the funding of #europeanparties. 👇 edcstiftung.eu/itef #transparency #europeanparties

Tomorrow will mark the 4th anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of #Ukraine. The EU has supported Ukraine, but we could have had a decisive impact had we been united. And a true political union requires strong common #europeanparties. Support us! 👇💪🇪🇺 www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Here is your periodic reminder that, as of mid-February 2026, audit reports on #europeanparties and foundations for the year 2024 are still not available. At the latest, they were shared with the European Parliament over 7 months ago. #transparency @europarl.europa.eu

As the Commission hones its proposal for a 28th regime for startups, it would do well to consider the last time it did so, how badly it failed and what should be done better 👉 cue the cautionary tale of European parties. @dboeselager.volteuropa.org @eu-inc.bsky.social eudemocracy.eu/how-to-tank-...

Now more than ever is a united Europe essential. Yet we cannot unite Europe without uniting citizens via a true European democracy. And a modern democracy cannot be built without political parties that citizens know and support. For this, we need you. www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

Gentle reminder to Nicola Procaccini, @ecrgroup.bsky.social and others: the EU's "founding purpose" was never a Europe of nations. It specifically began with the goal of going beyond the nation-state whilst respecting diversity -- which is the point of a federal state.

Last year, our foundation started a little experiment: we created unofficial mirrors of the X account of the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations on BlueSky and LinkedIn. Our goal was simple: help broadcast the APPF's messages about #europeanparties to all.

The beginning of the year is a moment to give thanks. Today, we would like to thank and give a shout-out to VPSBG, who has been providing us with free access to one of their VPSs since October. This has greatly helped us stay abreast of changes on the websites of.. www.vpsbg.eu

🚨 #PSA for #europeanparties: make sure to liaise with your member parties to ensure that they display your logo "in the top section of [their] homepage, in a clearly visible manner." (Art. 5) This is a new requirement under Reg 2025/2445 and can cost you up to 20% of your annual budget (Art. 32.3a).

🚨 #PSA for #europeanparties: make sure to liaise with your member parties to ensure that they display your logo "in the top section of [their] homepage, in a clearly visible manner." (Art. 5) This is a new requirement under Reg 2025/2445 and can cost you up to 20% of your annual budget (Art. 32.3a).

Today, #europeanparties and foundations get a new legal framework! 🎉🥂 After 10 years of good service, including 4 years of negotiations over its "recast", Regulation 1141/2014 retires and is replaced with Regulation 2025/2445! RIP Regulation 1141/2014. 1/9

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/...