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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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European Movement Italy: Let’s draft the MFF together
On 15 April, the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets voted by a large majority in favour of the interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which is due to come into force on 1...
Greek Forum of Refugees – From Visibility to Influence: A Next Step Towards Meaningful
The Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR), through the Democracy4All initiative, successfully completed the Better Politics Accelerator 2026, a six-month global programme supporting organisations working to...
Europe’s culture, media, and civil society sectors unite to call for increased AgoraEU budget
More than 500 organisations representing Europe’s cultural, media, and civil society sectors have signed a joint letter calling for a substantial increase in…...
European Movement Italy: The unlikely mosaic of European leaders
The Heads of State and government of the 27 members of the European Union, together with the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von...
European Civic Micro-Grants 2026: Introducing the selected projects!
The European Civic Forum (ECF) is constantly working to improve its support to local organisations and movements, especially within its membership. That’s why we established the European Civic...
ECF at Civil Society Week 2026
The European Civic Forum took part in the 2026 edition of the Civil Society Week of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) which took place from 2-5 March in Brussels. We co-hosted two...
270+ organisations sign Antwerp Counter-Declaration; call for summit with President von der Leyen
The European Civic Forum has joined more than 270 civil society organisations, trade unions, and environmental groups in signing the Antwerp Counter-Declaration: Standing up…...
We are hiring: Finance and Administration Officer
Are you a professional in administrative and financial management, bilingual in French and English, and would like to put your skills to good use in an organisation working to…...
February 2026: ECF at Civil Society Week
Welcome to the latest ECF newsletter! February was a busy month and a big moment for our civic space monitoring. We launched the…...