Pew Research Center

Appendix: Classifying European political parties

Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: ...
consilium.europa

Funding of European political parties and foundations

EU rules help strengthen requirements relating to financing and transparency for European political parties and foundations and limit the risk of foreign interference. On this page What are European ...
Politico Europe

EU parties misspent €1.5M in European election campaign, documents show

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament says €1.5 million was misspent by political parties and foundations during the 2024 EU election campaign, according to documents seen by POLITICO. Every party, ...
openDemocracy

Eurosceptic parties will save Europe’s soul, despite themselves

The surge in the protest vote (in spectacular support for far-right, far-left, Eurosceptic and anti-establishment, ‘fringe’, parties) at the recent elections for the European Parliament has been ...
ecfr

Common cause: How Germany’s pro-European parties can stop the rise of the far-right

Less than two months ahead of the European Parliament election, Germany’s centrist parties are having an identity crisis. Mobilisation is particularly strong among likely Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...