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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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Pour La Solidarité: the social economy in danger: let’s mobilise to defend its future in
(translation from the original French) Europe's social economy is under serious threat. A month ago, the Directorate-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)...
Ökotárs Alapítvány: No Country Was Built On Blacklists – joint statement of independent
14 May 2025 - The draft law submitted by the ruling party on Tuesday is nothing but an authoritarian attempt to hold on to their power. Its aim is to silence all critical voices and eliminate what...
European Movement Italy: An innovative partnership between Europe and Africa is needed
On 21 May, the third meeting between the EU foreign ministers coordinated by the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy and the foreign Ministers of the African Union coordinated by the Minister of...
La Ligue de L’Enseignement: Say Photography competition in France
Last April, within the framework of the European project SAY – Solidarity is About Youth- a photography competition was organised for students aged 12 and above. This competition allowed for students...
Ligue de L’Engseignement: JUST4ALL – Ecological Transition and Social Justice: The
JUST4ALL is a European project coordinated by SOLIDAR, European partner of La Ligue de l’enseignement, in collaboration with three other organisations: AONTAS (Ireland), ABF (Sweden), and ICAR...
Open letter on the Hungarian bill entitled “Transparency of Public Life”
President Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission European Commission Commissioner Michael McGrath Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection 22...
570+ CSOs call for an end to the attacks on civil society
Welcome to the latest ECF newsletter. In this edition: over 570 NGOs call for an end to the attacks on…...
European Movement Italy: If European foreign policy frees us from fears and needs
On the role of the European Union as an international actor, much has been written even recently where the (apparent) economic strength, the unquestionable political weakness and the dramatic military...
The Next Rule of Law Report: More Action, Less Reaction
The undersigned civil society, human rights, journalist and media support organisations call on the European Commission to strengthen the rule of law dialogue, improve the impact…...