European Political Parties Ranking (DMI Index)
Democracy & Media Integrity Index · 2026
The DMI Spectrum
of European parties
Every major party in the EU's national and European institutions, placed on a single 0–100 scale of democratic and media integrity — respect for democratic norms, media freedom, rule of law, transparency and accountability. Not popularity. Not ideology. Institutional behaviour.
A pan-European comparison developed with the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC). Scores are updated periodically based on documented political, legal and institutional developments.
About this ranking
what the DMI score measuresThe ranking assesses how political parties behave as institutional actors within democratic systems. It evaluates respect for democratic norms, impact on media freedom, rule of law, transparency and accountability — across the major parties represented in national or European institutions in EU Member States.
Not a competition
The ranking is inspired by the logic of international comparative rankings, but it is not a contest. Positions reflect underlying institutional performance and documented behaviour — not electoral popularity or ideology.
A snapshot in time
Scores are updated periodically based on documented political, legal and institutional developments, and provide a comparative snapshot at a given moment rather than a fixed verdict.
Reading the scores
Scores are calculated internally at higher precision and rounded to whole numbers for publication. Parties sharing a published score should be read as comparable in overall performance, not meaningfully apart.
Reading the tiers
Parties with similar scores are grouped into tiers to aid interpretation. Tiers are analytical groupings — they do not imply competition, seasons or automatic movement.