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Europe experiencing “dangerous rollback of civic freedoms”, warns damning new report in “wake-up call” to EU leaders
Rise of far-right accompanied by a deliberate strategy to delegitimise civil society, through smear campaigns, SLAPPs, and restrictive “foreign agents” legislation Right to protest increasingly under attack, with Palestine solidarity and environmental justice campaigners targeted Government ministers in several states question international human rights law Europe is experiencing a dangerous rollback of civic freedoms,…...
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TTIP Update
To pass or not pass? To pass or not pass? That is the great question hanging over the Transatlatic Trade Agreements (TTIP), between the EU and the USA on the one hand, and the already agreed yet...
Migration
In February, tragedies in the Mediterranean have once again called civil society and institutions to find a solution to the increasing number of migrants risking their life crossing the sea in search...
2015 : EUROPEAN YEAR FOR DEVELOPMENT
Decided by Parliament Resolution on 2nd April 2014, under the motto “Our world, our dignity, our future” (article 1), the objectives of the year, as provided in article 2 of the Resolution, will be «...
ECF @ the Kick-off meeting of Citi-rights project in Rome
ECF met with partners at the Kick-off meeting of Citi-rights project coordinated by European Alternatives and co-funded by the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme of the European Union...
EU Accession to ECHR : not yet…
On 18th December 2014, the European Court of Justice delivered its Opinion (2/13) on the compatibility of the Draft agreement on the Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights with...
MAJOR EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS GATHERED IN ROME FOR SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF CIVIL
The creation of Civil Society Europe Major European Civil Society Organisations joined in Rome on 16th December 2014 for the creation of Civil Society Europe. Thirty European Networks1 establish a...
La Citoyenneté retirée du portefeuille de Tibor Navracsics
D’intenses débats au Parlement Européen autour de la désignation des nouveaux commissaires Lors des trois dernières semaines, nous avons été les témoins d’intenses débats au Parlement Européen autour...
Mobilisation de la société civile européenne contre la désignation d’un commissaire Europ
La société civile se mobilise à travers l'Europe contre la désignation du Commissaire européen pour l’éducation, la Jeunesse, la Culture et la Citoyenneté Jean-Claude Juncker, le Président-élu de la...
Appel des réseaux majeurs de la Société Civile à la nouvelle Commission: priorité aux droits
Priorité aux droits civiques & sociaux Félicitant Jean Claude Junker pour sa nomination à la présidence de la Commission Européenne, Volunteurope, European Disability Forum, European Volunteer...