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Euractiv
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· euractiv.com
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| Founded | 1999 — the Euractiv news website (EU-policy focused), by media entrepreneur Christophe Leclercq · source |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium, with additional offices in Paris and Berlin · source |
| Funding | Wikipedia states Euractiv has 'diversified sources of funding, as the company seeks private and public revenues to run its business,' and that in 2019 about a fifth of its income came from public sources including the EU. The outlet itself is privately owned (by Mediahuis since May 2023), not state-owned or state-controlled. |
| Identity | Wikipedia |
Bias we have measured in their reporting
Measure chosen
the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age — in 1 article
Measure chosen
the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split — in 1 article
Which figure is used
about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold — in 1 article
Which figure is used
Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. — in 1 article
From 41 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
1 misleading2 disputed1 unverified2 true
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
Ownership
| Holder | Type | Stake | Control | Instrument | Since | Source |
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| Mediahuis | company | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
| Mediahuis Partners NV | company | 50.60% | yes | equity | — | link |
| Concentra | company | 32.70% | — | equity | — | link |
| VP Exploitatie | company | 16.70% | — | equity | — | link |
Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.
Editorial control
Founder (1999)
French media entrepreneur credited by Wikipedia as the founder of Euractiv in 1999; whether he holds any current role at the outlet, now owned by Mediahuis, was not verified.
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What we hold from them
Saxony-Anhalt vote exposes deep divisions within Merz's CDU
The only report with poll numbers — the AfD as high as 43 per cent against the CDU's just over 20 — and the only one on the CDU's own bind: Schulze rules out AfD and Left ministers while leaving toleration open, against

España aboga por la plena integración de Ceuta y Melilla en la UE | Euractiv ES
The only report with a figure: about 80,000 crossed on 30 and 31 July, source not given. Sanchez will ask the EU for outermost-region status for Ceuta and Melilla and a permanent Frontex and Europol presence.
Hungary stands by controversial migration rules despite EU pressure
Ceuta as an argument in Budapest: Peter Magyar extended Hungary's "crisis" migration measures to 31 December, saying Ceuta showed routes can shift "in a matter of days".
Stories where they were checked and didn’t cover it
Le Figaro says Putin ordered a three-day halt on Kyiv. NOS says both presidents agreed one, with no end date.
— we have never been able to read this outlet
Rzeczpospolita's headline detains two men. Wyborcza, quoting the police, counts one.
— we have never been able to read this outlet
Welt counts 1.4 million records in the Berlin leak; FAZ measures the same haul at 5.8 terabytes
— we have never been able to read this outlet
HotNews says 13%, Digi24 says "peste 7%" — one Hidroelectrica price rise
— read, nothing on this event
Efimerida ton Syntakton calls it "the crime at Tempi", Kathimerini calls it "the rail accident"
— read, nothing on this event
taz names „Daniel V.“; Welt and the SZ say only „ein 48-Jähriger aus Gevelsberg“
— read, nothing on this event
Budapest says conduct "incompatible with diplomatic status"; Magyar Nemzet says it was to fit "the European mainstream"
— read, nothing on this event
"Douze pays", says Libération; "France and Canada join UK", says Politico Europe
— read, nothing on this event
HotNews says one farm fund, iDNES says Agrofert's subsidies, Rzeczpospolita says "part of EU funds"
— read, nothing on this event