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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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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...
Du 30 avril au 8 juillet, ils marcheront pour les réfugiés!
Une initiative sans précédent a démarré le lundi 30 avril en France. Motivés à l’idée de rassembler les citoyens à travers la France et sensibiliser sur la situation des migrants arrivant en France...
From 30 April to 8 July – they will march for migrants !
An unprecedented initiative will kick-off in France on Monday, 30 April. Willing to gather together citizens and raise awareness about the situation of migrants coming to France, but also about the...
The MEGA campaign for a MEGA change in Europe
On 19 February, the European Civic Forum, together with its members, called upon all civil society representatives, activists, decision-makers and citizens to join them for the kick-off event of the...
La campagne #MEGA est lancée
Le 20 février dernier, le Forum Civique Européen a rassemblé acteurs associatifs, activistes et personnalités institutionnelles à Bruxelles pour donner le coup d'envoi d'une campagne marathon, Make...
Will Belgrade be the next participatory city? – Interview with Ne Da(vi)mo Beograd
After four years of local struggles and fights against the massive privatisation of public spaces, the citizens’ initiative Ne Da(vi)mo Beograd (Do not let Belgrade D(r)own) is now running for...
2005-2015: ten years of fight for democracy and civil dialogue
In 2005, several NGOs' representative from across Europe started reflecting upon the widening gap between European institutions and the citizens they were supposed to serve and represent, following...