Voxeurop is an independent online media outlet founded in April 2014 by journalists from various European countries as a successor to Presseurop, which operated from 2009 to 2013. Based in Paris, it holds a unique status as the first news organization managed by a European Cooperative Society, established in September 2017, with shareholders from 23 countries including journalists, translators, readers, and partners organized into five categories. This structure ensures editorial independence, overseen by a supervisory board half composed of journalists and translators, while profits are reinvested without dividends.
The core team includes executive editor Gian-Paolo Accardo, an Italian-Dutch journalist and co-founder with experience at Presseurop and Courrier international, alongside multilingual contributors like translators and reporters based in France, Belgium, and elsewhere. It draws on a network of over 50 translators and freelance journalists from more than 30 countries, producing content in up to 10 languages on topics such as euroscepticism, populism, climate change, and democratic crises, always from a pan-European viewpoint.
Activities emphasize analysis over mere reporting, multilingual commenting platforms for citizen engagement, and partnerships with outlets like Internazionale, OBC Transeuropa, and networks including the European Data Journalism Network and Climate Editors Network. It shares Presseurop's 7,000-article archive freely and hosts contributions from NGOs on environment, governance, and social issues. Awards include the 2015 European Democratic Citizenship Jury Prize, 2017 Altiero Spinelli Prize, 2019 Good Lobby Awards runner-up, and 2023 Lorenzo Natali Europe Prize for green finance investigations. Voxeurop sustains through membership and reader support, fostering cross-border media cooperation amid economic challenges.