Together with over a 100 NGOs, ECF has published a policy paper on how the EU should end gag lawsuits, also known as SLAPPs. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are lawsuits brought forward by powerful actors (e.g. companies, public officials in their private capacity, high profile persons) to harass and silence those speaking out…
Text available in PDF here | Letter in Italian | Letter in French UPDATE: on July 6, the European Civic Forum sent a follow-up letter to Mrs. Von der Leyen, Mr. Michel and Mr. Sassoli. You can read it here. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS Dear President of the European Commission,…
On 27 May, the European Commission presented a budget for the next seven years, including exceptional funding of 750 billion euros for a European response to the crisis resulting from Covid 19. This budget tells much of the lessons that the European Commission is learning from the crisis. Essentially, it sees it as a time…
On 26 May, on the anniversary of 2019 European elections, Connect Europe partners met online for the last event of the project to discuss with activists, NGOs as well as representatives of international organisations and MEPs on the importance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Julie Roskilde from Nyt Europa opened the discussion reminding that, as…
On 9th of May 45 organisations and thousands of citizens across Europe called for online and offline events on a day-long kick off, all across Europe. The ECF held a discussion on the Future and the consequences of the Coronavirus-related crisis. The programme included artistic performances, political debates, interactive conversations and readings to be broadcasted through…
The unprecendented crisis that hit the whole world in the last months revealed how much solidarity means to us. The upheaval of our way of life, in our consumption patterns also urged many of us to re-think them. Throughout these months, the ECF and many other organisations contributed to mapping as many existing solidarity initiatives…
The European Commission opened a stakeholder consultation to feed into the Annual Rule of Law Report. The European Civic Forum took this opportunity to highlight why the deterioration of the rule of law in Member States is also a question that relates to the European policy making. In the European Union, Rule of law (Etat…
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS KICK OFF A CITIZENS’ CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE 27 April 2020 – This year’s Europe Day, the 9th of May, is marked by the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, by the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 and by the terrible Covid-19 pandemia. At a turning point for Europe, civil…
#DEMOCRACY / #INCLUSION / #JUSTICE / #SOLIDARITY / #SUSTAINABILITY The COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating all too well that unequal societies go hand-in-hand with human suffering, fragile economies and delicate democracies. Solidarity must be the bedrock of Europe’s response to this crisis: to fighting the pandemic and protecting all people, to managing the social and economic…
Translations available here Document – French Document – Romanian Document – Polish Document – Italian Document – Hungarian Ten lessons learned out of the crisis, for wide discussion Humanity is going through an unprecedented crisis, with a lot of suffering, sacrifice, pain and drastic changes in our daily life. The crisis gives us many lessons…