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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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Who we are? The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs across 27 countries in Europe and is actively working to promote civic and...
New Europeans nominated for the Europe Award
Great news: New Europeans is in the running for the prestigious Europe Award 2019! Now it’s up to the young Europeans to vote for the winner. If you’re 35 years old or younger, then your vote is...
Civic space shrinking in 2017 shows Civil Society Europe’s report
Last Friday, 22 June, Carlotta Besozzi, coordinator of Civil Society Europe, was invited at a side event of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. She took the opportunity to present the...
The European Citizenship Awards are back!
The European Citizenship Awards 2018 is a joint initiative between the European Civic Forum and Volonteurope, two European networks which promote active citizenship and recognition of the importance...
10 associations rejoignent le Forum Civique Européen
Suite à l'assemblée générale qui s'est tenue à Sofia le 31 mai dernier, ce sont pas moins de 10 nouvelles organisations qui ont décidé de rejoindre le Forum Civique Européen cette année. Leur adhésion...
Sofia, here we come! European Civic Days – 29-31 May 2018
BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS and carrying forward the legacy of civil society forums in countries holding the EU Presidencies over the last ten years, the European Civic Forum joins forces with the Citizen...
Mark Zuckerberg continue sa tournée des excuses, sans résponse concrète et rassurante
Le patron de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, s'est présenté hier devant le Parlement Européen pour répondre à des questions, ce qu'il a fait avec parcimonie. Hier, mardi 22 mai, Mark Zuckerberg a été...
Mark Zuckerberg continues Apologies Tour, though nothing on data protection
Yesterday, May 22, Mark Zuckerberg was invited to testify in front of the European Parliament, after a livestreaming-or-not drama which followed the announcement by the EP secretariat that the...
European Ombudsman severly criticises the lack of transparency within the Council
Following her inquiry into the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU (the ‘Council’), the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has issued a special report to...