We now count five years of austerity, which the Portuguese population had to survive. Today, we therefore live a violent social regression, the largest in the history of our young democracy: 28% of the population lives in poverty and 41% in severe material deprivation...
After the High Administrative Court had allowed the Croatian Government to continue hiding the amount that was paid to American law firm Patton Boggs LLP for the defense of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač in the appellate procedure before the International Tribunal in...
«Anche il cielo protesta» dice una donna tunisina fradicia nel corteo. È venuto giù il diluvio universale, sulla marcia di apertura del Forum Sociale Mondiale di Tunisi. Il corteo è diventato un fiume di acqua e di persone, mille rivoli fino al Bardo. È finito in un...
intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les paradigmes sociaux, culturels, économiques Pour alimenter les débats dans l’espace public, le FCE cherche à intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les paradigmes sociaux, culturels, économiques dans lequel nous nous...
Les principaux réseaux européens d’associations se sont réunis pour créer Civil Society Europe, un espace permanent d’échanges horizontaux et une voix forte pour un changement de paradigme, afin de renforcer et promouvoir les valeurs d’égalité, de solidarité, de...
On 3rd February 2015, major European networks of associations got together for a press conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, joining forces to create Civil Society Europe. This new platform aims at becoming a permanent space for horizontal exchanges and a...
To pass or not pass? To pass or not pass? That is the great question hanging over the Transatlatic Trade Agreements (TTIP), between the EU and the USA on the one hand, and the already agreed yet contested one between Canada and the EU on the other. Indeed, as this...
In February, tragedies in the Mediterranean have once again called civil society and institutions to find a solution to the increasing number of migrants risking their life crossing the sea in search of a (better) future. The situation in neighbouring countries...
Decided by Parliament Resolution on 2nd April 2014, under the motto “Our world, our dignity, our future” (article 1), the objectives of the year, as provided in article 2 of the Resolution, will be « a) to inform Union citizens about the Union 's and the Member...
ECF met with partners at the Kick-off meeting of Citi-rights project coordinated by European Alternatives and co-funded by the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme of the European Union. Awareness raising and training concerning the right to free movement The...