Defence of Democracy Package: ECF Responds to the latest European Commission Consultation

by Aarti Narsee | 03 October 2023 | Defence of Democracy, Position

The European Civic Forum has responded to the latest European Commission consultation on the Defence of Democracy package.  Read the full response The European Commission is currently engaging in a consultation on the Defence of Democracy (DoD) package which aims to...

ECF joins call for equality in the implementation of the EU Temporary Protection Directive

by Vladimir SESTOVIC | 19 May 2022 | Advocacy, Position

Open letter to the European Commission, published by the Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH) on 05/05/2022 Dear Commissioner Ylva Johansson, Commissioner Helena Dalli, We are writing to request a meeting to discuss the implementation and application of the...

Looking back at another year of pandemic

by Vladimir SESTOVIC | 15 December 2021 | Position, Statement

At the early stage of this global crisis, we felt the pandemic was opening up, at great cost, deep fault lines in the dominant narrative about our societies, and that most people were asking (perhaps for the first time in their lives) essential questions: why are we...

EDITO: What happens in Poland does not stay in Poland  

by Benjamin Goodwin | 26 February 2021 | Position, Statement

“The EU cannot allow women to become pawns in political game when lives are at stake, livelihoods are threatened, and the rule of law is deteriorating”    100 ongoing days of protests, 600 cities, and 3,000 people charged, investigated, prosecuted. This is just a...

ECF answer to the consultation
on the European Democracy Action Plan

by Vladimir SESTOVIC | 14 September 2020 | Position

European Civic Forum contribution to the European Commission Consultation on its Roadmap for a European Democracy Action Plan Declining trust in democracy is a well-documented and worrying trend all over the world and Europe is no exception. In order to address the...

EU budget: value for money and money for values?

by Vladimir SESTOVIC | 02 June 2020 | Position

On 27 May, the European Commission presented a budget for the next seven years, including exceptional funding of 750 billion euros for a European response to the crisis resulting from Covid 19. This budget tells much of the lessons that the European Commission is...