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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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French Separatism Bill threatens fundamental freedoms, warn civil society organisations
8 June 2021 IMMEDIATE RELEASE French Separatism Bill threatens fundamental freedoms, warn civil society organisations The proposed French "separatism" bill («Projet de loi...
Open letter -The French “Separatism” Bill raises concerns for rights and civil liberties: The EU
Alongside 10 European and French CSOs, the European Civic Forum wrote an open letter to European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and Director of the European Fundamental Rights Agency to...
EU Civil Dialogue a key element to regain trust between institutions and citizens, ECF latest
The European Civic Forum, supported by Civil Society Europe, presents its latest study, authored by Linda Ravo. The study, named "Towards an open, transparent, and structured EU civil dialogue - Civil...
DEADLINE EXTENDED>Nominations for Activizenship #6:
Reclaiming Civic Space
It’s that time of year again! We are delighted to announce the opening of nominations for Activenship #6. The COVID-19 pandemic has further multiplied and deepened issues of shrinking civil and...
CSOs would help, but the government does not count on them in the Recovery Plan either –
Civil society organizations cooperating in the Civilisation coalition published an open letter in February addressed to dr. Szabolcs Ágostházy, the State Secretary for EU Development Programs...
European House Budapest: join the In-Between initiative
What is the idea? Civil society organisations from the four macro-regions (Baltic, Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and the Alpine regions) will combine their efforts to contribute to the discussions of the...
Civic Alliance research on the sector of civil society organisations in Latvia
Civic Alliance – Latvia has published “Research on the sector of civil society organisations in Latvia 2020-2024: Problems and solutions for classification of Latvian association and foundations”. The...
Retraction of the LexNGO: important step, but more is needed
- Press release of the Civlisation coalition - Ten months after the ruling of the European Court of Justice, the Hungarian government finally moves to repeal the LexNGO. This is an important...
POLAND: Civil society organisations ask the Portuguese Presidency of the Council to take action on
Over 200 civil society organisations (from 19 European countries, plus international CSOs) sent a letter to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, ahead of the EU General Affairs...