In an interview for Missions Publiques, CSOs Convention co-chair Alexandrina Najmowicz exposed the role of CSOs in the Conference on the Future of Europe, but also the democratic crisis, which the Conference is only partially addressing. We have reproduced the full...
Missions Publiques interviews Alexandrina Najmowicz:
NGOs urge EU ministers to act decisively on Poland’s rule of law crisis
As the EU Council prepares to discuss the rule of law situation in Poland at its upcoming meeting on 22 February 2022, FIDH and other civil society organisations from Poland and across the EU draw EU ministers’ attention to recent, alarming developments, pointing to a...
SPAIN: Gag Law under reform, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and rule of law at stake – Joint letter
In Spain, social movements play a crucial role for democracy and rule of law: they mobilise citizens for environmental and social justice, and for the protection of sexual and reproductive rights. They stand against far-right groups and anti-rights narrative that have...
Òmnium, Irídia and the ANC demand 37 new prosecutions
of Spanish Police Officers in the judicial investigation
on the police brutality in the 2017 Catalan referendum
A new expert investigation from three private accusations identifies more than 450 illegal actions during the 2017 Catalan referendum in Barcelona Barcelona, 22nd January 2022 - Catalan NGO and ECF member Òmnium Cultural, jointly with the also Catalan NGOs Irídia and...
Representation and participation: two faces of a strong democracy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As the third COFOE plenary took place end of January, we want to draw on and amplify some key takeaways from the citizens panels, namely that the EU must change in order to deliver social, economic, environmental and democratic...
ECF responds to the 2022 Commission consultation
on rule of law in the EU
The European Civic Forum took part in the 2022 European Commission consultation on the state of rule of law in the European Union. Democracy, fundamental rights, and the rule of law are interlinked The proper functioning of the rule of law cannot rely only on state...
Quel avenir pour le projet européen?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Find the original version (in French) here: HL196-Monde-5.-Quel-avenir-pour-le-projet-europeen.pdf (ldh-france.org) Alexandrina Najmowicz est secrétaire générale du Forum civique européen (FCE), réseau composé d’une centaine...
10 Tips for NGOs: How to Affect Content in New EU Directive Projects
In September 2021, the Providus think tank and the Latvian Civic Alliance, with the support of the European Parliament, held a consultation with members of the European Parliament (EP) on the views of Latvian NGOs and civic activists on the forthcoming European Union...
Open Letter to demand meaningful debate on and written responses to European Citizens’ Panel recommendations
Dear members of the Executive Board, The Conference on the Future of Europe (hereafter: the Conference) is at a crossroads: either it will turn into an ugly interinstitutional battle happening largely behind closed doors, feeding cynicism about EU and the oft-declared...
ECF express condolences after the passing of David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament
It is with great sorrow that we learned the passing of European Parliament President David Sassoli today. We sincerely regret the loss of a political figure who was always supportive of civil society organisations and eager to dialogue with them. Mr. Sassoli was a...