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Europe experiencing “dangerous rollback of civic freedoms”, warns damning new report in “wake-up call” to EU leaders
Rise of far-right accompanied by a deliberate strategy to delegitimise civil society, through smear campaigns, SLAPPs, and restrictive “foreign agents” legislation Right to protest increasingly under attack, with Palestine solidarity and environmental justice campaigners targeted Government ministers in several states question international human rights law Europe is experiencing a dangerous rollback of civic freedoms,…...
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October 2023: Poland votes for change
The result is in: three opposition political forces have received a majority of elected representatives in both houses of Poland’s parliament...
European Movement Italy – Statement on the draft report of the constitutional affairs
The European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee adopted on Oct. 25, with the comfortable majority of 19 votes in favor from the five groups that had made up the Committee of Rapporteurs...
Civic Alliance Latvia – Report of the international conference “Partnerships for
On September 11–12, 2023, an international conference "Partnerships for Democracy, Development and Peace" was held in Riga, in the framework of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of Europe. The...
Civic Alliance Latvia – 10th edition of Human Development Award Ceremony: Celebrating
On Thursday, October 12, the Civic Alliance – Latvia in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Latvia honoured the laureates of the Human Development Award for the tenth time. The award is presented to...
LdH – France must explain why it wants to weaken the supervision of the use of Artificial
On 24 October, the discussion on the content of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) enters what is known as a "trialogue", when the Commission, Parliament and Council seek a consensus between the...
EDITO: The Polish election results are something to celebrate. The winners must now deliver.
The result is in. Together, three opposition political forces have received a majority of elected representatives in both houses of Poland’s parliament...
Ökotárs – Where do we stand with the European civil society strategy?
Where do we stand with the European civil society strategy? – was the title of the conference Ökotárs and its partners held on 12 October in Brussels, in the EFTA House. The event, attended by about...
Polish Women’s Strike – Protested in 2020, then voted in 2023 – women and youth bring
Protested in 2020, then voted in 2023 – women and youth bring electoral victory to Polish opposition over the right wing, populist government of Jarosław Kaczyński and Mateusz Morawiecki. The official...
September 2023: State of the Union
ECF responds to President Ursula vonder Leyen's State of the Union speech. Plus, updates from the European Civic Academy and Civic Pride Awards...