'''Réalité-EU''' describes itself as "a website and e-newsletter for journalists, leaders and key analysts that focus on developments in and around the Middle East which pose a threat to Europe and beyond."<ref name="About">[http://www.realite-eu.org/site/c.9dJBLLNkGiF/b.2268649/k.8AAF/About_Ralit.htm "About Réalité"], Réalité website, accessed May 2008.</ref>
In an undated press release, [[Simon Barrett]] explained that "Réalité-EU is affiliated with [[International Media Intelligence Analysis]] (IMIA). IMIA, like this new e-publication Réalité-EU is an organisation of global reach that exposes threats from state sponsors of terrorism, terrorist financing, nuclear proliferation, suppression of human rights, and related issues."<ref>Simon Barrett, [http://www.realite-eu.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=9dJBLLNkGiF&b=2299861&ct=3284395 "Réalité: The real story"], Press Release, Réalité-EU website, undated, accessed May 2008.</ref>
The group's website domain was registered in mid-December 2006.<ref>[https://joker.com/?tool=whois&t_whois=realite-eu.org&go_back_mode=order_check "REALITE-EU.ORG"], Joker.com, accessed May 2008.</ref>