Press Release: Ten years “European Platform for Democratic Elections”
Ten years “European Platform for Democratic Elections”. Fighting for election integrity now more important than ever In December 2012, European citizen election observation organizations launched the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) in reaction to democratic backlash in the region and an emerging need for solidarity and transnational cooperation for citizen election monitors. […]
Upcoming Event: Public trust in democracy – how did we lose it and what can we do to get it back
Date: 13 December 2022Time: 17.00-18.30 CETLocation: Conference centre ZielnaAddress: Europa hall, 6th floor, entrance C Zielna 37, 00-108 Warsaw, Poland The institution of elections in both Eastern European countries and the European Union faces challenges of disinformation, increasing social polarization, and declining trust in democratic institutions. Manipulation around electoral regulations and the hijacking of state […]
Conclusions and recommendations following election observation of the Swedish general elections of 11 September 2022
VOS – the Association for Election Observation in Sweden observed the Swedish general elections of 11 September with 95 observers from 21 countries. This new initiative is co-founded by EPDE’s Swedish member Swedish International Liberal Centre (Silc) as part of the “European voters – together for electoral integrity” project coordinated by the EPDE secretariat. The […]
Event: Money and Politics – How Poland fares against Europe?
In cooperation with the Political Accountability Foundation the European Platform for Democratic Elections cordially invites you to the online discussion: Money and politics — how Poland fares against Europe? During the discussion we will try to answer the following questions: Can third-party campaigning be regulated? How much transparency is needed and can too much transparency […]
House searches of Russian election observers
Early on the 5th of October, police forces conducted house searches simultaneously at the central office and in private flats of several election experts of the well-known movement for free elections “Golos” in the Russian Federation. EPDE strongly condemns this act of repression, intimidation, and unlawful interference into citizens’ constitutional right to free elections. The […]
Event report: Money and politics – how do we regulate online political finance?
During the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, EPDE together with experts Olga Aivazovska from Civil Network OPORA (Ukraine), Sylwester Oracz from the Political Accountability Foundation (Poland), and election expert Alexander Shlyk discussed how civil society is leading the way in developing tools and methods for disclosing political finances in the online sphere. Experts highlighted case […]
Condemn Russian fake-referenda – Upgrade fight against electoral disinformation
The fake-referenda announced by the self-proclaimed authorities of the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine are another effort to politically manipulate and instrumentalize elections and referenda for the anti-democratic agenda of the Russian dictatorship. Their results, obtained illegally in an atmosphere of fear and lack of access to independent information, should in no way be recognized […]
Single Voting Day 2022 held amid war and restrictions of fundamental freedoms
During Russia’s multi-day local and regional elections held from September 9 to 11, 2022 – the so-called “Single Voting Day” – 4,728 municipal elections were held in Russia, including elections for heads of 14 regions, deputies to six regional parliaments and numerous local elections. The elections were held under conditions of censorship and restrictions on […]
No international politically-biased “observers” identified during the 2022 Russian regional elections
The 2022 Russian regional elections took place on the so-called “Single Voting Day”, the second Sunday of September, which, in 2022, was on the 11th of September. Legal framework Already on the 1st of September 2022, the chair of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova declared that there would be no international observers […]
Italian election candidates whitewashed fraudulent elections
In recent years, we – the European Platform for Democratic Elections – have witnessed the increasing phenomenon of “biased observation” – a form of more politically-motivated election observation whose chief objective is to mislead the public regarding the regularity of some political process or the legitimacy of an election result. Based on the evidence […]
