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>
In an undated press release, then-staffer [[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>
==Funding==
On its website, Realite-EU states that it is a "non-profit organization not connected to any government. REALITE-EU is supported by individuals concerned with the growing threat of Iran and extremism in Europe and the Middle East."<ref name="About"/>
==Personnel==