New stats, clearer methodology, and better search visibility
Facthem EU has grown quickly since launch. The public database now covers 774 politicians, 18 parliamentary sessions, 1,717 extracted claims, and 1,717 automated verifications. That is a lot of parliamentary speech turned into searchable, source-linked fact-checks. The site launches with coverage of all European Parliament plenary sessions from 2026 onwards.
The methodology page has also been tightened to better reflect how the current pipeline works. The verdict taxonomy is simpler, the evidence thresholds are clearer, and the page now explains more directly how claims move from raw European Parliament transcripts to published results.
Search visibility has improved too. Claim pages now include schema.org ClaimReview structured data, plus cleaner canonical URLs, metadata, and sitemap entries. The goal is simple: make each verification easier for search engines, researchers, and curious citizens to find.
Facthem EU is still an independent personal project, and every new session brings compute, infrastructure, and maintenance costs. If you want to help keep coverage expanding, you can support the project through PayPal or Ko-fi. It makes a real difference.