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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

Read more in our Annual Report now 👇 bit.ly/4gSLcRp

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

Alongside our other Rule of Law work in 2025: - Our report got non-implementation of EU court rulings onto the European Parliament's agenda - We helped shape Ukraine's democratic reform roadmap for EU accession - A Tunisia outreach campaign brought administrative justice to millions ...and more!

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

Regardless, alongside the technical work, our research and commentary reached wider audiences, through media outlets and podcasts, to help citizens and journalists understand it all.

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

But then, in 2025, Karol Nawrocki was elected president and has been vetoing the reform proposals ever since. The government that invited us into these consultations is now stuck and unable to pass the very repairs it asked civil society to help design.

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

At the World Justice Project Rule of Law Congress in Warsaw, we even convened a panel to ask the question underneath the whole debate: "Can a democratic government bend the rule of law to save the rule of law?" We were working on addressing exactly this.

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

Our proposals on neo-judges and judicial reform fed directly into the Polish government's comprehensive judiciary reform plan, resulting in actual legislation on the table.

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

Alongside judges, academics, and lawyers, we gave specific, concrete recommendations on what to do about the neo-judges; and how to rebuild a compromised judiciary without breaking the rule of law in the process.

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

As early as 2024 and throughout 2025, DRI was one of the few organisations invited into expert meetings convened by Poland's Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, and the Office of the Prime Minister.

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

When a new government came to power in 2023, it had to figure out a way to undo this.

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

Poland's courts were compromised. Under the previous government, judicial appointments became politically driven, resulting in so-called neo-judges. These were officials appointed by a politically captured National Council of the Judiciary.

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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

Every case study in our 2025 Annual Report shows the same thing: we must support democracy in a tangible ways. Whether it's achieved through a court ruling, a coalition, or a policy that gets reconsidered or rewritten. Read the full report now: bit.ly/4gSLcRp

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

In 2025, our digital democracy work also: 💶Informed the EU's €120 million DSA fine against X 📜Got four of our recommendations into the EU's Delegated Act on Data Access :tiktok3: Led TikTok to remove 184+ inauthentic accounts flagged around German and Romanian elections

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

Fast forward to 2026. We filed another lawsuit against X. This time to study Hungary's elections. We won. X granted access. The precedent we built while "losing" in 2025 is what made that win possible. This case also didn't happen in isolation.

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

We didn't get the data. But the ruling made it clear that Article 40(12) has teeth. Without this case, researchers challenging platforms would face a simple, expensive dead end: file in Ireland, or don't file at all. Now, there’s a practical legal recourse.

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

For X, HQ is Dublin. For everyone without extensive financial and legal resources, the costs of suing there would be prohibitive.

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

But the ruling did something bigger than give us data. The Court made two clarifications that will outlast this one case: 1. Civil society organisations do have a legal right to platform data under the DSA. 2. That right can be enforced in local courts, not just where a company is headquartered.

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

A first judge sided with us: an injunction ordering X to grant access. But X appealed and the injunction was overturned. By the time the final ruling came, the German elections had already passed. Our urgent claim was rejected.

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

So we filed an urgent lawsuit, with support from the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, in Berlin's Regional Court, right as the election clock was ticking.

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

So we said: see you in court. Under Article 40(12) of the EU's Digital Services Act, large platforms must grant researchers, including civil society organisations like us, access to public data to study systemic risks. But X wasn't complying.

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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

Hey Garret! For Telegram, it's the Digital Services Coordinator in Belgium, but our argument is that the Commission is the only one that can designate Telegram a VLOP.

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

And if you’d like to learn more about the network we discovered, here's the link to our brief: democracy-reporting.org/en/office/gl...

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

Our Ognjen Karadzic and Daniela Alvarado Rincón explain how they uncovered the network, and why size-based thresholds can miss real threats. Read their analysis for @techpolicypress.bsky.social here: www.techpolicy.press/what-a-growi...

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

On most platforms, coordinated manipulation at this scale would count as a systemic risk, potentially triggering mitigation measures. Not on Telegram. Telegram officially falls short of the 45M active-user threshold that triggers the DSA's strictest rules. But fewer users doesn't mean less risk...

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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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Nets4Dem enters new phase of European collaboration in democratic innovation - Nets4Dem

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

So these are our cards: FIFA 🟥 Trump 🟥 Neutral institutions (and the referee) 🟩 Read more on neutral institutions and the rule of law: bit.ly/4fxaZxN

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

Football works because every team plays by the same rules. You'd be angry if the other team won by cheating. If your team cheated to win, you'd be embarrassed. Democracy runs on that exact same principle. Might doesn't make right.

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

Democracies work differently. No arbitrary call from power should sway a democratic neutral institution. You can question decisions. That's free speech. But phone calls from the powerful can't override them.

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

The referee had full authority to issue that red card. But his decision was irrelevant the moment Trump didn't like it. He was reduced to an ornamental role. Like supposedly neutral institutions in an autocracy.

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

It's called telephone justice. For example, someone calls the court to let them know what decision is expected. It's more about the phone call than the law. Institutions look independent on paper, but not in practice.

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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

We're glad to be partnering with @unicologne.bsky.social, @zois.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social, and @transparency-eu.bsky.social on this new project about civil society regulation. Many thanks to @volkswagenstiftung.de for the support!

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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

Alongside, through DARE Ukraine 2.0, DRI is expanding opportunities for young people, especially in frontline communities, to participate in decision-making, while supporting Ukraine's democratic resilience and European integration. Learn more: bit.ly/3QF1i7b

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

Since 2024, DRI has 🌱 Supported 120+ emerging youth leaders 🤝 Engaged 1,600+ young people 🏘️ Helped establish 60+ local youth action groups 📋 Integrated DRI's mobile youth work approach into Ukraine's national youth policy framework

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

“Through this partnership, we will strengthen youth participation and support Ukraine's European integration,” said Stanislav Lyachynskyy, DRI Country Director for Ukraine.

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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

💶 Rule of law conditionality must be a priority in the EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality works, but it can't be based on ad hoc decisions. We need clear rules embedded in the MFF itself.

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

❌ Member States are openly ignoring CJEU and ECtHR rulings, and the report doesn't fully cover this. Our work with EIN shows that this is one of the continent's most urgent rule of law crises. It's time that Member States face some accountability for ignoring rulings!

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