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DearMEP
Vienna, Austria
What it is
DearMEP is a free, open-source tool for helping people contact elected representatives in the European Parliament. Users can make a single call or arrange daily or weekly calls, and can also reach politicians by email or social media. DearMEP estimates which representative from a user’s country may be most persuadable, drawing on voting behavior and feedback. NGOs and activists can adapt the software for campaigns or other assemblies, and embed a customizable widget on campaign websites. The widget detects a visitor’s browser language and also lets them select a language manually; campaign URLs need to be added to the instance’s allowed origins. DearMEP provides API documentation for custom integrations. Running a new instance requires an account with 46elks, the project’s calling provider. The project is by digital-rights NGO epicenter.works. It describes its privacy approach as minimizing personal-data processing and following privacy-by-design, privacy-by-default, and GDPR requirements. Its privacy design document notes that some described functionality may not yet be implemented.
For and against
For
- Free and open-source, with no license fees.
- Supports calls, email, and social media outreach.
- Customizable campaign widget detects or lets users choose language.
- API documentation supports custom integrations.
- Privacy approach is described as GDPR-compliant.
Against
- A new instance requires an account with 46elks.
- Campaign URLs must be added to allowed origins.
- Privacy document notes some described functionality may not be implemented.
The verdict
DearMEP brings several forms of representative outreach into a tool organizations can adapt or embed. Organizations planning to run an instance should account for its 46elks requirement and configure campaign origins.
Who it suits
DearMEP suits NGOs and activists organizing people around EU legislative issues. It can also serve organizations seeking to adapt a free, open-source outreach tool or embed it in a campaign website.
Plans and prices
Free software
No license fees · operator covers scalable phone-call costs
Read 9 Oct 2026 · dearmep.eu
On the record
- API
- The project links API documentation for advanced integrations and custom client implementations.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Calling provider
- A new instance requires an account with 46elks, which the project identifies as its calling provider.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Campaign embedding
- DearMEP can be embedded as a customizable widget on campaign websites, with campaign URLs added to the instance's allowed origins.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Contact methods
- Users can call once or schedule daily or weekly calls, and can also contact politicians by email or social media.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The privacy design document says IP addresses are used for geolocation and abuse prevention and are not persisted by the application itself; it notes that the document is primarily a design document and some described functionality may not be implemented.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes DearMEP as a white-label tool for NGOs and activists seeking to mobilize communities around EU legislative issues.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The widget detects the browser language and also allows users to select a language manually.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Maker
- DearMEP is a project of the digital-rights NGO epicenter.works.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Phone data
- The privacy design document says scheduled calls require storing the phone number encrypted, while phone numbers used for authentication are represented by peppered hashes.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The project says it minimizes personal-data processing, follows privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default, and is GDPR-compliant.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DearMEP helps citizens contact their elected representatives in the European Parliament, and NGOs can use it to mobilize their constituencies.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Representative selection
- The system selects a representative from the user's country who it estimates is most likely to be persuaded, using voting behavior and feedback.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Reuse
- The project describes DearMEP as free and open-source software that organizations can adapt for campaigns and other assemblies.dearmep.eu · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project points users to GitHub Discussions, GitHub Issues, and a public Signal chat, and says some contributors offer paid consulting and feature development.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
