Social media 20 November 2018 MEPs on Twitter #7: EFDD seizes the Brexit debate By Martina Zaghi Without any doubt, the EFDD was the most influent EP Group, collecting, on average, 36 reactions for every tweet.
Social media 13 November 2018 MEPs on Twitter #6: the “spitzenkandidat” conundrum By Martina Zaghi With no surprise, the messages sent by MEPs were mainly focused on the #eppcongress, besides the usual attention given to #brexit. Citizens focused instead and, once again, on #brexit and #venezuela. Interestingly, people also focused on some issues that involved the Italian deputy Prime Minister, Luigi Di Maio (Five Star Movement).
Social media 6 November 2018 MEPs on Twitter #5: are Greens and S&D catching up? By Martina Zaghi The Social Democrat MEP, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, featured as one of the most active Deputies this week. Prieto mostly tweeted about the Castilla La Mancha issue. Instead the British Deputies, Richard Corbett (S&D Group) and Nigel Farage (EFDD Group), top the rankings of the most retweeted and replied Deputies, respectively.
Social media 30 October 2018 MEPs on Twitter #4: the Italian budget row By Martina Zaghi The first insight from this week's monitoring is that the absolute number of tweets followed a declining trajectory, following the EP plenary days (22-25th of October). This signals a strong effect of the monthly gathering in Strasbourg on MEPs' Twitter activity.
Social media 23 October 2018 MEPs on Twitter #3: EPP takes the lead By Martina Zaghi MEPs of the EPP group tweeted more than all other parties and increased their amount of online conversations week after week. Also looking at the tweets-to-MEPs ratio, EPP deputies proved to be more active than previous weeks. They ranked third, behind the EFDD and the Greens/EFA.
Social media 16 October 2018 MEPs on Twitter #2: MEPs’ and citizens’ diverging priorities By Martina Zaghi This week MEPs mainly dealt with the Brexit negotiations (#brexit, #peoplesvote) and the local elections in Warsaw that took place on October 21 (#trzaskowski2018, #debatawarszawska). Instead, citizens mostly focused on Brexit and other UK issues (#brexit, #scrapthelicencefee).
Social media 9 October 2018 MEPs on Twitter #1 : Brexit under the spotlight By Martina Zaghi In the run-up to the 2019 European elections, EuVisions kicked off a special project centred around the current members of the EU Parliament. Out of a total number of 750 MEPs, we are tracking the online activity of 666 deputies on Twitter, through their profiles. Currently, we are collecting all the tweets sent by MEPs, as well as, the reactions to the former, in terms of retweets and replies.
Social media 14 June 2018 The Yo!Fest2018 on Twitter By Martina Zaghi The 10th edition of the YoFest has taken place on June 1-2 in Strasbourg, together with the 3rd edition of the European Youth Event. During the two days of debates, live music and many other activities, EuVisions monitored online conversations about the YoFest.
Social media 16 May 2018 The State of the Union 2018 discussion online By Francesca Arcostanzo The 2018 State of the Union conference organised by the European University Institute (EUI) that took place in Fiesole and Florence on May 10 and 11 triggered a strong online debate among participants, stakeholders and the general public. During the two days, the EuVisions observatory monitored discussions related to the main event-hashtag #SoU2018.