Last week, ECF members and staff gathered in Marseille for our General Assembly. There, we...
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Packed with loopholes: Why the AI Act fails to protect civic space and the rule of law
In a new analysis, ECF, Liberties and the European Center for Not-for-profit Law assess the AI Act...
Solidarity protests with Palestinian people banned in at least 12 EU countries, finds new analysis, six months on from the horrific Hamas attack on 7 October
Protests banned on grounds of protecting ‘public order’ and ‘security’ Authorities have resorted...
Hungary: ECF condemns new Defence of Sovereignty law and calls on EU institutions to act
The European Civic Forum condemns the newly adopted Hungarian “defence of sovereignty bill”. The...
After the trilogues, the EU AI Act falls short of needed guarantees to people
On 8 December, the EU institutions reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence...
PRESS RELEASE: European Commission adopts problematic foreign funding directive, ignoring civil society warnings
Despite widespread concerns expressed by the European Civic Forum and hundreds of civil society...
ECF Statement: Israel-Palestine
The European Civic Forum is a network of more than one hundred associations across the continent. ...
EDITO: The Polish election results are something to celebrate. The winners must now deliver.
The result is in. Together, three opposition political forces have received a majority of elected representatives in both houses of Poland’s parliament.
State of the Union: Concrete human-centred policies able to “earn people’s trust” are missing.
In the opening words of her State of the Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rightly pointed out the need for institutions to “[earn] the trust of Europeans to deal with their aspirations and anxieties.” However, what followed did not explain how to achieve that goal. Four years into this Commission’s term, the speech offered almost no policies to address underlying problems, instead asking merely for a bunch of reports on persistent and well-known issues.
The Rule of Law report needs a broader approach and concrete recommendations in order to fully serve its purpose
(Please click here to read a French translation) On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published...