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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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Academia Cidadã: Groups from 9 countries knitted Red Lines for the climate and took them to the
The “knitting for climate” movement, which brings together people and groups from nine countries, demonstrated at the European Parliament with 1.5 km of Red Lines. These Red Lines symbolize the 1.5 ºC...
Joint letter: CSOs react to downgrading of the Equality portfolio
In light of the recent unveiling of the new European Commission, European and national equality civil…...
Joint letter: Ensuring a vibrant civic space in the European Union – civil society’s expectations
The following letter, signed by 416 civil society organisations across Europe, was launched at the Civil Society Forum in in June 2024 Warsaw by ECF and its…...
Call for the re-establishment of the European Parliament Anti-racism and Diversity Intergroup
11 September 2024 — We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organisations, urgently call upon the newly elected Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their…...
Summer 2024: Taking stock of the last five years and looking ahead to the next.
In this edition we reflect on the Rule of Law process and look ahead to the next. Plus we bring you the completed Civic Spaces podcast series…...
EDITO: Taking stock of the last five years, looking ahead to the next.
This month saw big steps in the renewal of the European institutions for the next five years. The new cohort of MEPs took up their seats, committee chairs were elected, and on 18 July, Ursula von der...
Volonteurope: ECI for a water-smart and resilient Europe
Following on our commitment from the workshop ‘A Blue Deal through citizenship and stewardship’, which we organised during Civil Society Week in March 2024, together with the European Environmental...
Civil Society Development Foundation (FDSC): Romania 2024 – The Non-Governmental Sector.
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of the NGO sector in Romania and offers valuable insights for stakeholders interested in the development and support of civil society. The...
Institute for Public Affairs: “Time for Changes. What Poles Expect on Selected Social Issues
What are the most important problems to be solved in Poland? What are Poles opinions on education, the protection of the rights of various marginalized groups, women, the situation of rivers and urban...