📌 The Global Youth Participation Index will be at IDD Brussels! ⚡ Lightning Talk: Global Youth Participation Index – how are young people shaping democracy? 18 Sept, 15:45 CET | #IDDBrussels More ➡️ gypi.epd.eu | idd-brussels.eu/agenda

Starting in 15 minutes! Watch the launch of our #GlobalStateofDemocracy Report 2025 via the link below 👇

Our Global State of Democracy Report 2025 is out! Hugely proud of my colleagues’ incredible work - check it out 👇

Gaza killings denounced as 'disgrace to humanity by Belgian King: www.politico.eu/article/gaza... www.politico.eu/article/gaza...

Small budget, big returns: EU democracy support is a smart investment. The Commission knows it— EU leaders must protect it in the MFF negotiations ahead #MFF #EUforeignpolicy #GlobalEurope

📢 Save the Date: #IDD2025 🗓️ 18–19 Sept | Brussels 🌍 Democracy and Inclusion in an Age of Insecurity Join democracy leaders from around the world for panel debates & global insights. Register: savethedate.idd-brussels.eu #DemocracyAgenda #EUvalues @enopeu.bsky.social @epd.eu @eedemocracy.bsky.social

From 8–9 July, the 2025 edition of the #MoneyinPolitics conference in #Moldova, will offer a platform for peer exchange and strategic dialogue at the intersection of political finance, electoral security, and digital resilience. Tune in! ➡️ www.idea.int/events/regio...

🛂 Inclusion. Migration. Democracy. How do people’s movements reshape society? On 11 Sept, join @internationalidea.bsky.social for the Global State of Democracy 2025 launch. 🌍 Key trends 🤝 Actionable insights 🧭 A call for inclusive democracy 📍Register: bit.ly/3H2Esky

Is democracy less important than military security? No says @anujuvonen.bsky.social security has a soft power dimension. I agree. The first battlefield is that of ideas. @glandsbergis.bsky.social #EPDAC2025

De liberale democratie moet zich robuust tonen en zijn soevereiniteit herstellen. Koloniseert de liberale rechtstaat de digitale sfeer of andersom? ... De EU is een gesofisticeerd antwoord op het autocratische model en is de moeite waard om voor te vechten Lees meer👇 www.demorgen.be/cs-b820b695/

President Macron is right. Israel's actions against the people in #Gaza are shameful and unacceptable. Saying this does NOT mean taking sides with Hamas. Demanding human rights for a whole nation of people has nothing to do with Hamas. It's time more leaders speak up. www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...

Betekenisvolle aanklacht van Belgische Joden tegen Israelische misdaden. Ze klagen het stilzwijgen van de EU aan en zeggen #NietinOnzeNaam tegen het extreemrechtse leiderschap in Israel dat wordt omarmd door bijna alle fascistische bewegingen ter wereld. #NotinOurName www.demorgen.be/meningen/nie...

De Niro says why arts, humanities and education are a threat to autocrats & fascists, and why @POTUS cut their funding. All these attacks are unacceptable, and a global problem. Everyone who cares about #OurLiberty has to act now, without violence but with determination. youtube.com/shorts/x53A_...

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Bij gebrek aan resultaten die het tegendeel bewijzen kan ik het hier alleen maar mee eens zijn www.standaard.be/opinies/hou-...

Big industry standing up for democracy, rule of law and media pluralism as a moral duty. We need more champions like Thomas Leysen 🙏👍 We should be aware how much they desire to destroy the European project, he says 👇 #CaptainofIndustry #BeautifulMind www.standaard.be/buitenland/t...

We just launched our Joint Statement with democracy partners asking the EU for sufficient funding to support democracy and safeguard a democratic and free world through the next EU multiyear budget (MFF). Please support and share further!

Read our joint recommendations for the upcoming European Democracy Shield. Co-signed by @internationalidea.bsky.social With thanks to @epd.eu and @emmaquaedvlieg.bsky.social for coordinating the initiative!

US Senator Jeff Merkley : if Trump was an asset of Putin, I can't imagine he could do anything more favourable than these five things he has been doing youtube.com/shorts/gLmL5...

"Onze strijd tegen schoften als Poetin en Trump is niet zinloos" Interessant stuk over menselijkheid en humane - democratische, vrije, inclusieve - staat ais krachtigste wapens in het arsenaal van de mensheid.

There is no #democracy without the strong voices, views and participation of #women. On #IWD2025, learn more about our work in #GenderEquality and #Inclusion and our #DemocracyForAll advocacy campaign. ➡️ www.idea.int/theme/gender...

As global trade tensions rise, seeing Canada moving closer to the EU is more than just economics. It's about defending human rights, equality, and democracy. 🇪🇺🇨🇦 Together, we are stronger, building a future based on shared values and mutual respect. 🌍⚖️ #HumanRights #Trade #StrongerTogether

1 in 3 women in the EU has suffered violence. Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women. In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise: 🔸 Cyberflashing 🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material 🔸 Forced marriage 🔸 Female genital mutilation

Ik begrijp niet hoe we dit kunnen laten gebeuren. Haatzaaiende -en misogyne- uitlatingen zijn strafbaar. Aangifte doen aub, EU-misdrijf van maken, en de EU gedragscode voor platforms verplicht maken. Hoe jonger, hoe vrouwonvriendelijker de Europese man. www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...

Polarisation - the act of boosting the most extreme points of views while making all opinions in between disappear. It’s a tactic often used by disinformation spreaders to make us believe that our differences are much greater. Find out how this kind of manipulation works 👇

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Concerned about democratic erosion in the US and what may come next? This report helps you to track and assess strategies that dismantle #democracy such as media capture, shrinking civic space, and political capture of civil service www.idea.int/publications... @internationalidea.bsky.social

#WomensRights must remain a global priority, and the road to equality must never be forgotten. I will lead an @eesc.bsky.social delegation to the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, championing gender equality and empowering women worldwide. #CSW69

Garton Ash calling for German courage to build up a stronger, free, democratic and Ukraine-supporting Europe against the current policy of the US. "So long as Donald Trump is in the White House, there will be no “west” as a single geopolitical actor" - illustrated by US voting with Russia in the UN.

Allow me to repost this memorable speech from Minister Sikorski also here on bsky. Thank you for being clear and strong, Minister. A true European leader.

The international community cannot appease aggression because violence reproduces by indifference.

Team van Trump bepaalt voortaan wie president vragen stelt, journalisten waarschuwen: "Persvrijheid staat onder druk" vrtnws.be/p.lOxRwY4Gv?t=174... @vrtnws.be

Hi! I just joined bsky! 🌍 Happy to connect and exchange ideas, especially on the topics of democracy, EU, gender equality, human rights & development and how values can be protected and advanced in the shifting geopolitical order! ✨ #Democracy #GenderEquality #CivicEngagement #GlobalConversations

The postponement of #Ukraine's #elections is legitimate because Ukraine's own constitution dictates that while there is martial law there won't be elections." - @internationalidea.bsky.social's Sam Van der Staak at the @fullfact.org ⬇️ fullfact.org/live/2025/fe...