This is the official Facebook site of the European Parliament. It is a useful example of a major European organisation using Web 2.0 social media to communicate with the electorate. It offers users information, events listings, photographs and videos from the European Parliament. These include information relating to European elections. The site also has photographs, messages and discussion from u...

A data site maintained by Noise in the Wire, which aims to make more transparent to the public, information about voting patterns and behaviour in the European Parliament. Information is taken directly from the European Parliament website. The site is designed to enable members of the public to track the latest voting decisions in the European Parliament, access the latest texts voted on and get n...

During the coming days and weeks, the existing political groups in the European Parliament and various national parties with elected members of the EP negotiate to form the political groups, which are central to parliamentary work. As always, knowledge of the rules is a key element for an appreciation of the game, is sports as well as in politics. The European Parliament has amended its Rules of P...

EuroParltv is the official TV channel of the European Parliament which was launched in September 2008. There are 4 channels, designed for different audiences: Your Parliament (aimed at those with a particular interest in politics at the EU level)Your Voice (which broadcasts public opinion) Young Europe (aimed at children) Parliament Live (coverage of events in Parliament). The site includes live d...

On his blog, Jon Worth notes that the European Parliament is financing the development of a role-playing and networking website modelled on the European Parliament, named ‘Citzalia’. The project appears to be financed from €4 million allocated to European Service Network (ESN), a Brussels-based communications agency, from the European Parliament.

Media Politics of Persuasion on Proportional Representation by Robert Sharp Edit This May 9, 2010 at 11:39 pm Take Back Parliament Take Back Parliament rally, 8th May 2010. Photo by Lewishamdreamer on Flickr *This post contains excessive alliteration, which some readers may find offensive. Politics means different things at different times. During the election campaign, it was the politics of pres...

Turned on Daily Politics only to find same old same old - a competition for viewers to guess how many sitting days at Parliament until their next break because parliamentarians had had a three week 'break' over Christmas. Parliament was not sitting - that is not the same thing as a 'break' or a holiday! Do those who work in the media only care about what happens at Parliament and not the constitue...

The European Parliament has launched an online TV service to help make EU matters more accesible, particularly to younger people. You can check the site out by clicking here There is already a video about the problem of the European City Guide online. It's in the Your Voice section of the site.

This site was created by the European Parliament to provide coverage of the June 2009 European elections. It includes excellent introductory information about the organisation and purpose of the elections as well as statistics on the current parties represented in the Parliament. Other features are an election headlines service which highlights interesting news stories related to the June 2009 Eur...

I've long held the view now that Parliament would be a much better place if it was like it was hundred of years ago in the days of Fox and Pitt. Back then whilst you belonged to a "party" the party structure itself was much looser and on a par with the way the party system works in the US. Progression and achievement in politics was about principle and campaigns where those with widely differing v...