Facthem EU is a personal and exploratory project, developed independently by an individual with an interest in political transparency and the practical application of artificial intelligence. It is not a company, journalistic organisation, or media outlet, and has no corporate funding or structure of any kind.
Its aim is to explore to what extent it is possible to automate the fact-checking of claims made by Members of the European Parliament using AI models, and to make the results publicly available in a transparent manner. The verifications presented on this site are generated through an automated process and have not been reviewed, corroborated, or validated by journalists, legal experts, or any other human professional before publication.
The language models used in the verification process may make errors, hallucinate data, misinterpret the context of a statement, or incorrectly classify the result of a claim. The confidence expressed as a percentage reflects only the model's internal certainty, not an objective statistical probability.
Facthem EU does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any published verification. Users assume full responsibility for any decisions made based on the content of this site.
The verification process prioritises primary sources as the basis for confirming or refuting each claim. Primary sources include data and documents published directly by public institutions: the Official Journal of the European Union, statistics from Eurostat, publications from the European Central Bank, and reports from international organisations (OECD, IMF, World Bank, etc.), among others. When a claim can be confirmed or refuted with a primary source, that source is determinative for the final verdict.
When a primary source is insufficient or unavailable, the process relies on secondary sources: peer-reviewed academic publications, specialised reference press, and reports from independent analytical bodies. These sources carry less weight in the verdict and are presented as supplementary.
At least two independent sources are required to confirm a claim. Users are always encouraged to cross-check against the original source.
The content on this site is offered solely for informational and democratic transparency purposes. Facthem EU is not responsible for any use that third parties make of the information published here.
Facthem EU is a project driven by conviction: the belief that political transparency is a public good and that technology can contribute to it. There is no business model behind it.
However, processing each parliamentary session has a real cost. Extracting interventions, verifying claims against external sources, and generating verdicts using AI models costs approximately 4–5 USD per session. With dozens of sessions per year, infrastructure costs accumulate quickly.
If you find this project useful, any donation — however small — directly helps keep it running and expand coverage to more sessions and more MEPs. You can support it via PayPal or Ko-fi. Thank you for your support! 🥸
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