“Access Denied: The (in)accessibility of European Political Party websites” is a report co-authored by EDF and the Funka Foundation, a leader in the sector of digital accessibility.
The report found appalling results in the websites of the 7 main European political parties – European People’s Party, Party of European Socialists, ALDE Party, ECR Party, European Greens, European Left and Identity and Democracy.
The disappointing results of the report show that:
- All political parties’ websites have severe accessibility issues, excluding groups of users from content while making it difficult for others to access information.
- Some instances of insufficient colour contrast were the worst that any of the involved experts had ever measured before.
- Some website owners had actively removed code that benefits users, thereby deliberately making the interface less accessible.