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Location Year of election Election type Recommendation # in final report Type of recommendation Thematic area Secondary thematic area Type of change required Status of implementation Comment
Netherlands 2025 Early election EET Parliamentary elections
To ensure an effective and timely response to all forms of digital and online threats and further strengthen electoral integrity, consideration could be given to establishing a clear legal and institutional framework for monitoring the digital environment, including the definition of mandates, co-ordination arrangements among relevant bodies, and transparency safeguards governing response mechanisms.
Recommendation # in final report: 1
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Campaign
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Netherlands 2025 Early election EET Parliamentary elections
Social media platforms should enhance accountability by providing timely responses to violations of platform policies and ensuring transparency regarding any election-specific mitigation measures, content moderation decisions, and responses to such violations.
Recommendation # in final report: 5
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Campaign
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Netherlands 2017 EAM Parliamentary elections
To safeguard objective and neutral supervision over political finance, consideration should be given to setting up an independent oversight body.
Recommendation # in final report: 6
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2017 EAM Parliamentary elections
To enhance transparency in the sources of campaign financing, consideration should be given to prohibiting anonymous donations.
Recommendation # in final report: 14
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Mostly
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2017 EAM Parliamentary elections
To enhance the transparency of campaign finance, consideration should be given to lower the public disclosure threshold for donations. In addition, the law could be reviewed to require the submission and publication of post-election reports accompanied by all supporting materials.
Recommendation # in final report: 15
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Fully
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2021 EET Parliamentary elections
To ensure accountability, all campaign contributions should be registered, including donations in-kind. Consideration should be given to regulating donations from foreign donors and to introducing reasonable limits on donations.
Recommendation # in final report: 3
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Mostly
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2021 EET Parliamentary elections
The supervision of political finance should be entrusted to an oversight body independent from the government, with powers clearly defined in the law.
Recommendation # in final report: 4
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2021 EET Parliamentary elections
In order to increase the transparency of campaign funding, the law could be reviewed to lower the public disclosure threshold on donations and require the disclosure of donations received up until the election day. Consideration should be given to introducing a post-electoral reporting requirement, covering all campaign contributions and expenditures.
Recommendation # in final report: 8
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Fully
Year of assessment: 2025
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2025 Early election EET Parliamentary elections
The new PPA should clearly define the appointment process for members of the Dutch Authority for Political Parties to help ensure the independence and impartiality of its oversight role. The Authority’s mandate, resources, staffing, and enforcement powers, including investigative and sanctioning powers, should be clearly established in law to enable it to effectively carry out its functions.
Recommendation # in final report: 2
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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Netherlands 2025 Early election EET Parliamentary elections
To prevent circumvention of donation limits and bans, consideration could be given to applying donation limits to local political parties and local branches of national parties, and to introducing additional safeguards to ensure that corporate contributions originate from national sources.
Recommendation # in final report: 6
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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