European Political Parties Ranking (DMI Index)

A pan-European ranking of political parties based on Democracy and Media Integrity

This page presents the European Political Parties Ranking, a pan-European comparison of political parties based on the Democracy and Media Integrity (DMI) score.

The 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. The ranking includes major political parties represented in national or European institutions across EU Member States.

The ranking is inspired by the logic of international comparative rankings (such as global sports rankings), but it is not a competition. Positions reflect underlying institutional performance and documented behaviour, not electoral popularity or ideology.

Scores are updated periodically based on documented political, legal, and institutional developments. The ranking provides a comparative snapshot at a given moment in time. Scores are calculated internally using higher numerical precision and are rounded to whole numbers for publication. As a result, multiple parties may display the same published score (for example, 89). Where published scores are identical, the ranking order reflects the underlying composite score used for calculation. Parties with the same published score should be interpreted as having comparable overall performance, rather than meaningfully different positions.

Performance and risk tiers

🟢 Top Performance (DMI ≥ 85)
🟢 High Performance (75–84)
🟡 Moderate Performance (60–74)
🔴 Low Performance (45–59)
🔴 High Risk (< 45)

Tier 1: Top Performance

Tier 2: High Performance

Tier 3: Moderate Performance

Tier 4: Low Performance

Tier 5: High Risk