European Union,International

European Parliament Elections 2019: Election-Watch.EU EAM Final Report with 16 recommendations

16 Sep , 2019  

Brussels, 16 September 2019: For the first time, European Parliament elections were observed by a comprehensive citizen-led Election Assessment Mission (EAM) with 28 national chapters, comprising 65 international election experts and observers, as well as eight like-minded citizen election observer organisations. The Mission focused on specific areas to evaluate the coherence of the EU Member States’ electoral processes. These areas included the right to vote and [...]  read more

Austria,European Union,International

Round table about the role of social media in the EU elections

20 Jun , 2019  

Berlin, 20 June 2019: Experts from various European institutions, think tanks and civil society organizations reflected and discussed the growing role of social media channels in election campaigns, especially those related to the European Parliament? In addition to Avaaz, Oxford Institute, Weizenbaum Institute, Democracy Reporting International, also Election-Watch.EU [...]  read more

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European Union,General

Interview with the EU Reporter

29 May , 2019  

Following the press conference, Michael Lidauer from Election-Watch.EU was interviewed by the EU Reporter. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrLHdWG1Dg

European Union

Election-Watch.EU Election Assessment Mission releases preliminary statement at Press Conference in Brussels

28 May , 2019  

Election-Watch.EU held a press conference on Tuesday, 28 May at 11.00 hours at the Press Club Brussels Europe to present its preliminary findings and conclusions of the Election Assessment Mission to the European Parliament Elections 2019.

Election-Watch.EU was joined by Rast’o Kužel from MEMO98, a specialist media-monitoring organization known for its research of media during elections. MEMO98  [...]  read more

European Union

Election-Watch.EU spoke in front of the European Parliament

26 May , 2019  

Brussels, 26 May 2019: Election-Watch.EU was invited by AEGEE to present its work with young and first time voters in Austria as part of the European Elections Night for partner organisations of the European Parliament. Michael Lidauer presented the project „Young voters meet candidates for the European elections“ – in the context of the European Youth Week, Election-Watch.EU held workshops at schools in several Austrian provinces. The participating [...]  read more

International

Press Conference on 28 May: Election-Watch.EU presents Preliminary findings and conclusions of the Election Assessment Mission to the European Parliament Elections 2019

25 May , 2019  

For the first time, the European Parliament elections are comprehensively assessed by an election observation mission. Election-Watch.EU will hold a press conference to present the Mission’s preliminary findings and conclusions, at 11:00 hours, on Tuesday 28 May, at the Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, in Brussels.

Election-Watch.EU will be joined by MEMO98[...]  read more

International

Opening of Election Assessment Mission to the European Parliament Elections 2019

9 May , 2019  

Brussels, 9 May 2019: The election observation project Election-Watch.EU set up office in Brussels today to conduct a European Union (EU) wide Election Assessment Mission (EAM). The EAM is comprised of an EAM Coordination Team and National Chapters in 28 EU Member States, with about 50 committed international election experts and observers as well as citizen election observer organisations across the EU.

Rationale

New challenges stemming from anti-democratic developments [...]  read more

European Union

Young and first time voters question Austrian top candidates

7 May , 2019  

Vienna, 7 Mai 2019: Election-Watch.EU (wahlbeobachtung.org) in cooperation with the European Parliament (EP) organized a panel discussion of Austrian top EP candidates with pupils and trainees on the European elections in the House of the EU in Vienna on 7 May.

More than 150  pupils and trainees of five different schools from four provinces used the opportunity to a direct exchange with top candidates and to addressed their questions to them. The [...]  read more

Austria,International

Election-Watch.EU workshop about European elections in preparation to the panel discussion with Austrian top candidates

3 May , 2019  

Eisenstadt, 3 May 2019: In cooperation with Prof. Reinhard Gaul from the HAK Eisenstadt, the team of Election-Watch.EU (wahlbeobachtung.org) conducted a European elections workshop with two classes in preparation for the panel discussion with top candidates on 7 May. This workshop took place on the Action Day for Political Education in Burgenland and within the European Youth Week[...]  read more