European House Budapest position paper on EU citizenship
The European Commission launched a public consultation as part of the preparatory process leading to the release of the next edition of the EU Citizenship Report due to be published in the coming...
Youth Attitudes on Politics and Democracy in Poland
A results of the new study "Youth in Central Europe 2020: Poland" conducted by Institute of Public Affairs (IPA, Poland) in cooperation with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in July 2020 are...
The Atony Of The Governments And The Voice Of The European Parliament
The debate on the future of Europe has been the prey of the suspended time due to the COVID-19. Nobody knows when and if the Conference proposed by Emmanuel Macron in March 2019 will really start...
The democratic opposition in Belarus laureated of the 2020 Sakharov Prize
The President of the European Parliament has just announced the Laureate of the 2020 Sakharov Prize: the democratic opposition in Belarus, represented by the Coordination Council. The Coordination...
“This is war”: European solidarity with Polish women
Since 2016, the Polish Government tried to tighten the legislation on abortion, among the strictest in Europe. Since 2016, it found the opposition of masses of women and men mobilising in the...
The home straight: an EU mechanism for defending the rule of law
Read the commentary on the current decisive stage of discussion about new mechanisms for defending the rule of law in the European Union by Piotr Buras, the head of the Warsaw office of the European...
First e-learning platform to learn the basics of CSO management
In cooperation with The Wheel (Ireland), The Civic Alliance – Latvia (Latvia) Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (UK), An Cosán (Ireland), the Sivis Study Centre (Finland) and Development...
First EU Rule of Law Report Recognises Civic Actors As Crucial Safeguards
Now it is time to take concrete steps for regular, structured and transparent civic dialogue Last Wednesday, the European Commission (EC) presented its first report on the rule of law situation in...
‘Reclaim Our Civil Space! from local to European’ – New project in Central and Eastern Europe
The 3-year long project is implemented by European Civic Forum member Ökotárs and its sister foundations in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as the Hungarian Civil...
Civil Society Europe
Response to the European Commission Annual Rule of Law Report Stakeholders consultation
Response to the European Commission Annual Rule of Law Report Stakeholders consultation
This contribution has been prepared by the working group on Civic Space of Civil Society Europe which is composed of CSE members, the European Foundation Centre as a partner organisation and several...