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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

💡Shedding light to the unpredictable future of rule of law at the ERoL Talks 2026 in Brussels! We are proud to see speakers and moderators from our re:constitution community and other experts contributing to debates on RoL regarding: 🛡️ Defense spending 🇪🇺 Enlargement 💶 Budget conditionality 🤖 AI use

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can you bend the rule of law to save the rule of law? 🗯️

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

2025 set a precedent, 2026 delivered the win 👏🏽 Ahead of Germany's 2025 federal elections, we needed publicly available data to study disinformation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour before the vote. We asked every major platform for research access. Every one said yes. Except X.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🇵🇱⚖️ The degree of hate that renowned Polish NGOs such as the Stefan Batory Foundation or Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights have received from xcore supporters of Tusk (the so-called "#strongetogether", in particular) has been absolutely disgraceful.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🇺🇸💵🇪🇺 The US State Dept "CERV programme but evil" gets expanded to support civil society action on yet another civilisational danger to the World of White People: mass migration, and to help NGOs *checks notes* defend US Big Tech from regulation. 1/

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Goran Buldioski has joined our Board! 🙌 Goran brings ample leadership experience from his time at the @open-society.bsky.social. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the @hertieschool.bsky.social. We are confident that Goran will help us advance DRI’s mission. Welcome! 🔗 bit.ly/3TY7uYX

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We identified a network of 19 inauthentic #Telegram channels posing as independent news outlets. No newsroom. No editorial process. Just automated posting, purchased subscribers, and amplification of Kremlin-aligned disinformation. What does this say about the EU's regulation of Telegram? 👇

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visegradinsight.bsky.social @visegradinsight.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Magyar's removal of the President and the head of Constitutional Court is a drastic move. Yet, it does not leave the best impression of conduct by a majority that vowed to hew close to the ideals of the rule of law while reforming the country, writes @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social: shorturl.at/MuAdU

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Magyar's Rule of Law Chainsaw Risks Cutting Down the Roots

Prime Minister's dismissal of Tamás Sulyok and Péter Polt is a perilous but necessary adventure for the rule of law in Hungary.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

How can we balance independence, accountability, and democratic legitimacy in Europe's judiciary councils? Follow our @arnisatepelija.bsky.social for more analysis on the rule of law 👀 👇

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 24/07/2026

Governments want citizen participation but many still lack the tools, evidence or peers to do it well. That's the gap Nets4Dem 2.0 closes. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4bafzj5

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Two years after its launch, Nets4Dem – the Network of...

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 24/07/2026

Nets4Dem is entering its next phase 👏 Over the last three years, Nets4Dem has grown into a connected community of practitioners, researchers and institutions across Europe.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🇵🇱⚖️Polish rule of law crisis latest: Ziobro might be good at evading justice, but some people weren't as lucky, and now we have a black bar on the eyes of two guys who ran a state-owned fund to promote Poland abroad by, among others ... planting billboards about how Polish judges are bad. 1/

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A World Cup referee gave USA's Folarin Balogun a red card. This is an automatic one-match ban. Then Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino. FIFA broke its own rules to please the U.S. president, and Balogun played the next game anyway. There's a name for this in authoritarian states… 👇

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Civil society is a key pillar of democracy. But in some cases, civil society can undermine the very system it upholds. As legislative bodies move to regulate civil society, our new project will assess whether regulation is necessary and, if so, the form it should take. Read more: bit.ly/4vlvlia

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Ensuring Ukrainian youth are active participants in public life 👏 DRI and Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports signed a Memorandum at #URC2026 in Gdansk to strengthen youth leadership and democratic recovery.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

⚖️ Europe's #RuleofLaw can't be a mere annual check-in! We welcome the @ec.europa.eu's 7th Rule of Law Report, but it still lacks teeth: no concrete follow-up, no framework to hold Member States accountable. This is why we signed his statement with @epd.eu Two urgent issues 👇

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🧑‍🎨🎨 Calling all creatives worldwide! Do you also think democracy needs more creativity and focus on the future? DRI and other partners at the Democracy Narratives Alliance want to see more of such stories. Here’s where the #DemocracyStoriesLab comes in! 👇

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Decentralised social media networks 🤔 What are they exactly? How are they different from other platforms? And could they be part of the answer to disinformation? Hear from @aaron.bsky.team, @bsky.app's Head of Trust and Safety, who joined us at #DisinfoCon2025

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 04/06/2026

“Europe is not immune to democratic pressures, but we have active citizens,” says Paul Zoubkov, from @democracyreporting.bsky.social. “We have committed local governments, independent civil society and institutions that continue to invest in democratic renewal.”

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The EU is developing guidance on AI use in elections. Here's what we told them ✍🏽 We submitted input to the European Commission's targeted stakeholder consultation under the European Democracy Shield, drawing on our research across 2024 European Parliament, 2025 German and 2026 Hungarian elections.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Ukraine's democratic institutions are still standing. But three years of full-scale war are placing a growing strain on checks and balances, political pluralism, and accountability. We conducted our 2025 assessment, "Ukrainian Democratic Institutions During Wartime". Some key takeaways 👇

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We found a coordinated Serbian network of inauthentic accounts on X 🔍 We identified 337 of such accounts, all working to boost content supporting Orbán and Fidesz. Here's what we found and why we suspect the accounts are inauthentic 👇🏽

A tweet by Orbán's spokesperson drew 114 interactions from 85 inauthentic accounts, which leads us to suspect inauthentic behaviour.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Potatoes for votes? 🥔 AI-generated videos in the 2026 Hungarian election mocked voters as rural women trading votes for sacks; among other damaging tropes. We identified 22 accounts, 2,043 vids, 53.6M views. 1/3 of them unlabeled, despite TikTok's AI labelling rules. @stiftungmercator.bsky.social

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

⚖️🇪🇺 Rule of law expert and keen on EU finances? We are seeking a consultant to analyse rule-of-law conditionality in the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework to understand how the EU embeds rule-of-law standards across the post-2027 budget. More info & application instructions: 🔗 bit.ly/4v3ZJho

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happening in two hours 📣 We're launching DRI’s latest Ukraine’s Democracy During Wartime assessment! 🇺🇦 The report draws on input from 60+ Ukrainian experts across government, parliament, judiciary, and civil society. Join the conversation 👉 bit.ly/42FlTKX

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We're launching DRI’s latest Ukraine’s Democracy During Wartime assessment! 🇺🇦 📅 May 26, 2026 🕓 16:00 - 17:15 CEST The report draws on input from 60+ Ukrainian experts across government, parliament, judiciary, and civil society. Join the conversation 👉 bit.ly/42FlTKX

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Hack the Hate, Renew Democracy 👩🏽‍💻 Registrations are open for the Democracy Hackathon in Strasbourg (17–19 June) alongside #NoHateSpeechWeek, with 80 participants from 46 countries building tech solutions to fight online hate. Apply now: democracyhackathon.coe.int

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

War tests armies. But it also tests institutions 🇺🇦 Join us for the launch of DRI’s latest Ukraine’s Democracy During Wartime assessment. 📅 May 26, 2026 🕓 16:00 - 17:15 CEST

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Platforms are failing the AI governance test 🚨 Examples from recent elections: 🇭🇺 An official account shared AI visuals portraying a rival as a Ukrainian puppet 🇮🇹 Disturbing, nationalistic AI-generated visuals were used in campaign content

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Can you dismantle a system without becoming what you set out to replace? That is the challenge facing Péter Magyar in Hungary. On paper, the numbers are clear. Tisza holds a two- thirds majority in parliament. Enough to rewrite the constitution. In reality, it is not that simple👇

The composition of the new Hungarian parliament and the sentence: Can Magyar undo Orbán without becoming Orbán himself?

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 23/04/2026

Democratic resilience cannot be built by institutions alone 💯 At our 6th Nets4Dem Democracy Retreat, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and experts came together to explore how the European Democracy Shield can actually work in practice. Learn more: bit.ly/41TEpib

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The Nets4Dem 6th Democracy Retreat “The European Democracy Shield: from intention...

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hungary handed Magyar & Tisza a historic victory & now the real work begins! 👉How can a new government restore trust & reform a system stacked against it? 👉What does this mean for the EU’s #Ruleoflaw agenda? Register for our webinar & join the discussion: bit.ly/3Orir2O 📆Wed 15 April ⏰11:00 CEST

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Hungary votes this Sunday. Three parties, each with a starkly different vision for the country's future. Edit Zgut-Przybylska helped us analyse party programmes, compare positions across five key areas, and outline possible scenarios after the election. 👇

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 08/04/2026

Join us 5 May in Brussels for the Nets4Dem conference by @eurocities.eu and @tepsa.bsky.social 👏 We're bringing together cities, EU institutions and civil society for insights, collaboration, and even an award for democratic innovation 🏆 Register now 👉 bit.ly/4t0HuJf

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 07/04/2026

Let’s talk impact. What did Nets4Dem achieve in 2025? 🏛️ 90+ public bodies and organisations supported 👥 60+ policymakers and practitioners mentored 📝 400+ research projects analysed 🤝🏽 11 new participatory solutions developed 💬 380 stakeholders engaged in dialogue

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🇺🇦🇦🇱⚖️🇪🇺 If you like what we're doing at @democracyreporting.bsky.social , consider following two of my colleagues who are a bit BlueSky-shy: our Special Advisor for Ukraine, Oleksandr Iakymenko @iakymenko.bsky.social and our new Research Officer, Arnisa Tepelija @arnisatepelija.bsky.social

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Those who understand foreign policy only as hard power overlook how much states benefit from rules – especially middle powers like Germany.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Inside the 4th Rule of Law Clinic in Helsinki 🇫🇮🇺🇦 Last week, we brought together Ukrainian justice professionals and Finnish experts to explore mediation and ADR in practice, to help strengthen access to justice and ease court burdens in Ukraine.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

1/8 Marriage in Berlin is marriage in Warsaw. Last November, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled: member states must recognise same-sex marriages 🏳️‍🌈lawfully concluded in another EU country. Here's the story behind that ruling⤵️

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Headline: The Luxemourg-based court said a decision by Polish authorities infringed on a same-sex couple's freedom movement.
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🇺🇦🇵🇱🇩🇪 Four years since the onset of the Russian full-scale attack on Ukraine, four years of millions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Poland who share the train or bus with me as I shuttle between Berlin and Poznań, four years of an upended legal landscape in Europe.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Ukraine resists 💪 As we enter the fifth year of Russia's full-scale invasion, it resists thanks to: -The bravery of its people -The strength of its institutions -The resilience of Ukrainian democracy We're proud to play a small part in that. Here's what we've been doing 👇

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 20/02/2026

Out now! 💫 The Verfassungsbook "In Good Faith", edited by JAKOB GASPERIN WISCHHOFF & TILL STADTBÄUMER (@tillstadt.bsky.social), explores freedom of religion under the EU Charter and examines the latest developments in the Member States from an EU law perspective. verfassungsblog.de/book/in-good...

In Good Faith: Freedom of Religion under Article 10 of the EU Charter.
Edited by Jakob Gasperin Wischhoff and Till Stadtbäumer

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Are you an expert on Hungarian politics & the #RuleOfLaw? We are looking for a short-term consultant to analyse the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections! 📍Remote / 10 days (with possible extension) 📅During March – April 2026 📝Deadline to apply is 1st of March Read more: bit.ly/3MPWbPo

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

450+ alerts, one urgent question: how can we protect civil society? Just a few days to go until our #EUSEE webinar on turning data into action! Join us on Feb 26 👉 bit.ly/4rYUoX8 @hivos.bsky.social @forusinternational.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social @epd.eu @civicusalliance.bsky.social

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Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu · 23/02/2026

Want expert guidance for participatory democracy initiatives? 💯 Rising Stars Mentorship (free!) connects you with global experts for tailored support. First 2026 deadline: Feb 27. Don’t miss out 👉 bit.ly/4s7Q341

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A big win for online transparency and platform accountability! The Berlin Court of Appeals has ruled that X must give us access to the research data we need to study information manipulation during Hungary's April elections.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

You work at a civil society organisation. You do your job well. You have a quiet life. And one day, your name shows up in a politically charged U.S. Senate report on the EU's approach to digital regulation. 👇

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Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 17/02/2026

Heute verhandelt das Kammergericht Berlin, ob @democracyreporting.bsky.social von #X Plattformdaten bekommt, um zu Wahlbeeinflussung und Desinformation zu forschen. Obwohl DRI nach dem #DSA der EU ein Recht darauf hat, verweigert X die Herausgabe. Mehr Infos im Quotepost.

Zwei Vertreter*innen von DRI und GFF vor dem Berliner Kammergericht

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