Civil society condemns Facilitation Directive’s failure to protect migrants and call for rejection of Europol Regulation. When the European Commission published the Facilitator’s Package in 2023, its stated goal was to protect migrants from being exploited by...
Representatives of European civil society express their solidarity with the people of Serbia amid escalting repression.
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In an op-ed published in Le Monde, a coalition of organisations including Amnesty International and LDH (Ligue des droits de l’Homme) recommends placing human rights and environmental justice at the heart of the regulation of artificial intelligence.
This statement was published by Civil Society Europe. As the coordination of civil society organisations (CSOs) representing citizens, we believe that the EU must ensure the conditions for an open public debate on environmental issues, as well as on all other EU...
After more than a decade on the platform, ECF has decided to suspend its activity on Twitter/X with immediate effect.
2024 marks the fifth year of the European Commission's annual Rule of Law Report cycle. Aside from assessing this year’s report, this moment is an opportunity to reflect on the tangible outcomes of these reports and how to address their shortcomings in the future. At...
On 18 July 2024, the European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as president of the European Commission, the first step before forming the new Commission. In the next five years, EU institutions must rebuild trust in democracy by...
The European Civic Forum condemns the newly adopted Hungarian “defence of sovereignty bill”. The law arbitrarily targets any organisation or person it suspects of serving foreign interests and allegedly jeopardising Hungary’s sovereignty. It poses a major threat to...
On 8 December, the EU institutions reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in a trilogue negotiation between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The act follows a risk-based approach, which classifies artificial...