The result is in: three opposition political forces have received a majority of elected representatives in both houses of Poland’s parliament.
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Benjamin Goodwin
September 2023: State of the Union
ECF responds to President Ursula vonder Leyen’s State of the Union speech. Plus, updates from the European Civic Academy and Civic Pride Awards.
Civic Pride Awards 2023 – Celebrating outstanding activism
The Civic Pride Awards 2023 took place on 18 September in Brussels, celebrating four outstanding...
European Civic Academy 2023: Building collective empowerment
On 19-20 September, 100 activists, civic actors and academics gathered at the University of Kent’s...
ECF founder steps down as Co-president; new leadership team elected
Jean-Marc Roirant has stepped down after nearly two decades at the helm of the ECF. At the General...
JOINT LETTER: The AI Act must protect the Rule of Law
Liberties, ECF, ECNL and 60+ other CSOs call on EU lawmakers to pass an AI Act with robust safeguards for fundamental rights and the rule of law.
JOINT LETTER: EU policymakers: regulate police technology!
Civil society calls on the EU to draw limits on surveillance technology
in the Artificial Intelligence Act.
Summer 2023: European Commission publishes Rule of Law report
On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published its fourth annual report reviewing the Rule of Law infrastructure and developments in 27 Member States in 2022.
JOINT STATEMENT – EU Trilogues: The AI Act must protect people’s rights
This statement was originally published by EDRi on 12/07/2023 A civil society statement on...
A missed opportunity: European Parliament upholds facial recognition ban, but fails to properly protect people’s rights in AI Act vote.
In today’s AI Act vote, MEPs failed to protect society at large, not to mention vulnerable groups like migrants and refugees, and voted against measures to introduce proper complaints and representation systems for human rights violations.