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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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HRCN: Welcoming the City of Leuven to the network
The Human Rights Cities Network (HRCN) is honoured to welcome the City of Leuven as a new member of the network. VISIT Grote Markt Stadhuis ©KarlBruninx_verkleind On the 10th of December 2023...
EDITO: One step closer to cross-border associations
Earlier this month, the European Parliament voted to back the proposed European Cross Border Associations Directive (ECBA), marking a milestone in the decades-long calls for an EU-wide legal status...
European Movement Italy: Covenant of Mayors
The challenges to which the European Union is called with Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the ever-widening conflict in the Middle East, the climate change, the lack of strategic autonomy and...
IDC: Latest updates
Upcoming event from project IRIS Progress Balkan caravan - Best HR and social inclusion practices promotion IRIS network will organize this summer Balkan caravan which presents seven days of different...
European Movement Italy: What to do after the European elections
The voluminous report, narrowly passed by the European Parliament on November 22, 2023, aiming to initiate, for the first time since 2009, the procedure for revising the treaties, has essentially...
RECLAIM: New EU Law Helpdesk launched
RECLAIM is introducing an EU Law Helpdesk. It gives European NGOs and civil society organisations the assistance and support they need to fight against government efforts that…...
JOINT LETTER: 85 Civil Society Organisations Call on MEPs to Uphold Fundamental Rights and Reject
Despite repeated warnings from Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on the Schengen Borders Code reform which will be voted on in the…...
February 2024: Civil dialogue for inclusive democracies
In this month’s edition, we bring you our take from Civil Society Week. We put Catalonia in the spotlight, as civil society mobilises…...
EDITO: To build inclusive democracies, we need genuine civil dialogue
Since Monday, we have been celebrating Civil Society Week at the European Economic and Social Committee. This year’s theme: rise up for democracy. The choice of this theme comes amid the...