European Partnership for Democracy

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The EU’s recently published Tech Sovereignty Package is the first comprehensive framework put forward to address the EU’s strategic dependency on foreign tech and foster – you guessed it – EU tech sovereignty. But what exactly do we mean by tech sovereignty?  While there is no consensus on the concept of tech sovereignty, it is […]

A handful of companies dominate the platforms where public debate happens, and they govern themselves the way they govern us: from the top. Today, strategic power sits largely with executives and a major investor. That's the democratic deficit at the heart of EPD’s latest report: “Democratic by Design”, funded by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and drawing on around 30 expert intervi...

On 23 June, the special committee of the European Parliament on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS) confirmed its report on the Shield initiative. The report, initially drafted by MEP Thomas Tobé (EPP), underwent a thorough amendment procedure resulting in a significantly strengthened document.

The undersigned 37 civil society, human rights, journalism and media support organisations urgently call on the European Commission to take more direct and verifiable measures to uphold, protect and restore the rule of law within the European Union and in the candidate countries. On 15 July 2026, the European Commission will publish its seventh annual […]