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11 June 2019

European Elections 2019: the Spitzenkandidaten debates as seen from Twitter

By Francesco Castelli

We followed the three main Spitzenkandidaten debates and collected tweets containing the ‘official’ hashtag of each debate or the hashtag #Spitzenkandidaten. The Greens and the ALDE have managed to somehow dominate the Twitter debate during the three debates.

25 February 2019

Debating Europe ahead of the EU Elections 2019: do MEPs and citizens interact on Twitter?

By Martina Zaghi

In order to get a complete overview of the extent to which a transnational debate is developing in Europe, I changed the perspective from MEPs to citizens. I wanted to see whether and how European people online interact with MEPs of different nationalities to their own, and to what extent they favour the development of a transnational debate compared with MEPs’ activity.

8 February 2019

Debating Europe ahead of the EU Elections 2019: how MEPs interact on Twitter

By Martina Zaghi

I focus on the Twitter communications of actual members of the EP and try to shed light on whether, and to what extent, they interact with colleagues of different nationalities.

8 January 2019

A study of UK MP Tweets about Theresa May’s Brexit deal

By Martina Zaghi

The debate around the Brexit deal is complex and heated and, as is often the case with such significant topics, it is just as lively and multifaceted in its online dimension. EuVisions tried to capture this dimension, focusing on the Twitter communication of UK Members of Parliament.

20 December 2018

MEPs on Twitter #11: the Strasbourg attacks

By Martina Zaghi

The Strasbourg attack of the 11th of December triggered a massive number of reactions on Twitter.

17 December 2018

MEPs on Twitter #10: Spanish MEPs top the ranking

By Martina Zaghi

In terms of tweets-to-meps ratio, Spanish MEPs were second only to British ones this week. All in all, the distribution looks more balanced compared to precedent weeks.

5 December 2018

MEPs on Twitter #9: all eyes on Brexit and the Yellow vests

By Martina Zaghi

Overall, discussions are clearly focused on the #giletjaunes protests and the draft #brexit deal.

29 November 2018

When Le Pen meets Salvini – A Twitter analysis

By Martina Zaghi

Speaking at a joint press conference in Rome, on October 8, the French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Italian deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini unveiled their common plans for the European Union in the run-up to the European Parliament elections of May 2019

27 November 2018

MEPs on Twitter #8: the comeback of ALDE and S&D

By Martina Zaghi

MEPs from the EFDD Groups were still those engaging the citizens the most. Yet, they obtained fewer reactions that the week before. Contrarily, ALDE and S&D conversations generated more retweets and replies than last week, significantly reducing the gap with EFDD.

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.

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