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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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Stop the war! Solidarity with Ukraine
The European Civic Forum condemns the Russian attack on Ukraine. The integrity of a sovereign country must be respected. Arms are never a solution to political and diplomatic tensions. None of the...
Missions Publiques interviews Alexandrina Najmowicz:
“To rehabilitate European democracy,
In an interview for Missions Publiques, CSOs Convention co-chair Alexandrina Najmowicz exposed the role of CSOs in the Conference on the Future of Europe, but also the democratic crisis, which the...
NGOs urge EU ministers to act decisively on Poland’s rule of law crisis
As the EU Council prepares to discuss the rule of law situation in Poland at its upcoming meeting on 22 February 2022, FIDH and other civil society organisations from Poland and across the EU draw EU...
SPAIN: Gag Law under reform, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and rule of law
In Spain, social movements play a crucial role for democracy and rule of law: they mobilise citizens for environmental and social justice, and for the protection of sexual and reproductive rights...
Òmnium, Irídia and the ANC demand 37 new prosecutions
of Spanish Police Officers in the
A new expert investigation from three private accusations identifies more than 450 illegal actions during the 2017 Catalan referendum in Barcelona Barcelona, 22nd January 2022 - Catalan NGO and ECF...
Representation and participation: two faces of a strong democracy
As the third COFOE plenary took place end of January, we want to draw on and amplify some key takeaways from the citizens panels, namely that the EU must change in order to deliver social, economic...
ECF responds to the 2022 Commission consultation
on rule of law in the EU
The European Civic Forum took part in the 2022 European Commission consultation on the state of rule of law in the European Union. Democracy, fundamental rights, and the rule of law are interlinked ...
Quel avenir pour le projet européen?
Find the original version (in French) here: HL196-Monde-5.-Quel-avenir-pour-le-projet-europeen.pdf (ldh-france.org) Alexandrina Najmowicz est secrétaire générale du Forum civique européen (FCE)...
10 Tips for NGOs: How to Affect Content in New EU Directive Projects
In September 2021, the Providus think tank and the Latvian Civic Alliance, with the support of the European Parliament, held a consultation with members of the European Parliament (EP) on the views of...