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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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SUCCESS STORIES OF RESISTANCE: WINNERS ARE OUT!
In May, we launched thethe call for nomination Success stories of resistance aiming at discovering and collecting inspiring struggles of activists, organisations, associations, collectives...
HUNDREDS OF CIVIC ORGANISATIONS FROM ACROSS EUROPE URGE EU LEADERS TO PUT CIVIC SPACE AND CIVIL
Brussels, 19th September 2019 While the European Parliament committees are preparing their questions for the hearings of Commissioner-designates starting on 30th September, about 200 civil...
OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Download the letter See the amended mission letter for Mrs. Jourova See the amended mission letter for Mrs. Suica In an open letter, signed by almost 200 organisations, CSOs are calling upon MEPs to...
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...