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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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UPDATE – CSOs call upon EPP to review its candidate for Vice-Chair of LIBE Committee
CSOs are invited to join the call to EPP to review its candidate for LIBE committee's Vice-Chairmanship...
European Civic Forum addresses an open letter to MEPs
European Civic Forum open letter to the Members of the European Parliament The European Strategic Programme is far from an answer to the societal challenges A “MAKE EUROPE GREAT FOR ALL” PERSPECTIVE...
Call for nomination: Success Stories of Resistance
We are looking for victorious stories of activists, associations, movements or groups of citizens who fight for fundamental rights and justice for all, while also resisting attempts to deny their...
Activizenship #3 is now out !
The European Civic Forum invited around 60 participants on 11 February, to officially present the newest issue of Activizenship, after nearly one year of evidence-based research and analysis of the...
Report on NGOs and foreign funding raises fears in Italy
On 21 February, the Italian Think tank Centro Studi Politici e Strategici Machiavelli presented to the press room of the Chamber of Deputies a report called “NGOs and transparency – Comparative...
The ECF publishes its newest advocacy paper for CSOs
In a Europe, where we are increasingly witnessing barriers to access fundamental rights and civic actors are being stigmatised, oppressed or even criminalised. On 10 December 2018, as the world...
European Citizenship Awards: It’s your time to play! Online votes are open
https://civic-forum.eu/english/european-citizenship-awards-its-your-time-to-play-online-votes-are-openAfter an intense debate and more than 30 applications received, the jury members of the European...
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF THE DRAFT LAW ON AMENDMENTS ON THE LAW ON SOCIAL
A group of civil society organisations is contesting the Draft Law on amendments on the Law on social protection in Serbia, after a non-transparent process of consultation by the Serbian government...
