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For the websites of the institutions: please see Chapter 3.
Some other interesting resources relating to democracy, parties, and voting in the EU include Vote Watch Europe, who offer analysis and data here.
You may wish to refer directly to the parties’ webpages. The Ninth European Parliament – elected in the 2019 elections and set to remain in office until the 2024 elections – consists of seven political groups and 17 parties, of which two are not aligned with any group. The parties are:
- European People’s Party
- Party of European Socialists
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- European Democratic Party
- European Conservatives and Reformists Party
- European Christian Political Movement
- Party of the European Left
- European Green Party
- Identity and Democracy Party
- European Free Alliance
- European Pirate Party
- Volt Europa
- Nordic Green Left Alliance
- Now The People
- Animal Politics EU
- Alliance for Peace and Freedom
- Initiative of communist and workers’ parties
On the concept of democracy as such, several interesting ideas have been put forth in various TED Talks. Former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou presented a TED Talk on the future of democracies, as did Brett Hennig, and Rory Stewart.
The Commission’s and the European Parliament’s Transparency Register, which is constantly being updated, can be viewed here. See LobbyFacts for further information about interest representation in the EU and specifically about groups who have signed up for the Transparency Register.
Visit Integrity Watch EU for a harmonized collection of data on lobbying activity in the EU.
For an interesting TEDx Talk by Alberto Alemanno on being an effective citizen lobbyist, check out this video.