Unfounded attacks on NGO funding growing in EU, national parliaments Civil society increasingly cast as “foreign agents” New anti-protest legislation proposed in 7 EU countries Civil society continued to come under attack in 2025, with EU policies now playing a...
Welcome to the latest ECF newsletter! In this edition: We hear from ECF Co-President Veronika Móra about the monumental election results in Hungary. Plus, the latest on the MFF.
Join us on 13 May for the launch of the European Civic Forum’s annual Civic Space Report at a cross-party event in the European Parliament! [ba_dual_button btn_a_text="Register now!"...
More than 500 organisations representing Europe’s cultural, media, and civil society sectors have signed a joint letter calling for a substantial increase in funding for the AgoraEU programme in the next long-term EU budget. AgoraEU is envisaged as a dedicated funding...
Are you a professional in administrative and financial management, bilingual in French and English, and would like to put your skills to good use in an organisation working to defend civic space and civil liberties? Then this offer may be for you! We're hiring for a...
Welcome to the latest ECF newsletter! February was a busy month and a big moment for our civic space monitoring. We launched the new Civic Space Watch website. Developed through the MACS and Net4Defenders, the site is now built to support our more active approach to...
Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum are pleased to invite you to register for our upcoming MFF webinar series "From the Grassroots to the Peak: National Civil Society Organisations and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)." We are organising these...
Today, we are launching seven new country reports that provide fresh, country-level insights into the environment for civil society across the EU in 2025. Each report highlights key national trends and points to the actions needed to better protect civic freedoms in...
The European Civic Forum (ECF) is excited to finally share the new Civic Space Watch website, which goes live today! The new, refreshed site includes several new features, including a hub for protection resources and an interactive map, and is designed to better...
by Natacha Kazatchkine, ECF secretary general When asked about the crackdown on student mobilisation for Palestine on US campuses during a live debate in Brussels in January, the historian Timothy Snyder reminded us that history shows that student protests — and more...