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New report documents continued decline in civic freedoms across Europe, with Brussels playing an ever-greater role
Unfounded attacks on NGO funding growing in EU, national parliaments Civil society increasingly cast as “foreign agents” New anti-protest legislation proposed in 7 EU countries Civil society continued to come under attack in 2025, with EU policies now playing a key role, according to a leading European NGO. The report, written by the European Civic Forum…...
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Lithuania’s Second Citizens’ Assembly is Underway: Kaunas District Tackles Preventative
A citizens' assembly is a democratic process that brings together a randomly selected, representative group of everyday people to learn about, deliberate on, and make recommendations regarding...
Democracy International: Global Forum on Modern Democracy 2026
Democracy International: Global Forum on Modern Democracy 2026 7–10 October 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana From 7–10 October, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy will bring together civil society...
Launching the EQUITAS App: Report Islamophobia & Access Legal Support!
EQUITAS, the European network against Islamophobia, is pleased to announce the launch of the EQUITAS app, a new tool designed to make it easier for victims and witnesses of Islamophobia to report...
European Movement Italy: Institutional reforms à la carte or a European constitution?
On 22 November 2023 – that is, more than a year after the end of the Conference on the Future of Europe, which had adopted many…...
The latest from Per Esempio
Per Esempio in Brussels: solidarity, mobility and youth participation seen from the south From 18 to 24 November, Per Esempio ETS, a civil society organisation based in Palermo, will be in Brussels to...
Civil Society Forum launches Berlin Hub for Human Rights Defenders
In June, we at Civil Society Forum (CSF) launched the Berlin Hub for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), part of our wider #BerlinHub initiative. We set up the Hub because human rights defenders are...
Citizen Participation Forum: The Fourth Edition of the “Democratic Mosaic” Festival 2026: A Stage
For two days, the area in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia became a meeting point for causes, ideas, diverse perspectives, and people who believe that civic participation has the power...
Open Letter to Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen – State of the European
Today, more than 30 organizations working on anti-racism and diversity have signed a letter calling for a clear and strong commitment to anti-racism and the fight against discrimination in the State...
After Ceuta : for migrants’ rights, against all forms of racism and for the safeguarding of
Our organisations are key actors in France, Italy and Spain in the fight for migrants’ rights, in accordance to the provisions of the international treaties that our respective countries have signed...