Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe
Throughout 2021 and 2022, Civil Society Europe coordinated the Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe. We brought together over 82 European networks and platforms with constituencies all over Europe, connecting millions of individuals engaged in many aspects of life, from education to culture, social inclusion, environmental environment, governance, and transparency. The Convention, founded […]
European civil society calls for urgent action to uphold democracy and foster civic space in the EU
On International Democracy Day, 415 civil society organisations joined Civil Society Europe’s open letter urging EU leaders to take decisive action to foster a vibrant civic space, uphold democracy, and safeguard fundamental rights in the next five years. Our demands? a European Civil Society Strategy, a Civil Dialogue Agreement and more. Read more
EU Foreign Interference Law: Is Civil Society at Risk?
Civil Society Europe is bringing together 230 civil society organisations from across Europe to express concern and opposition to a proposed ‘foreign interference’ directive which would create a register of Foreign Funded organisations. This legislation could have unintended negative consequences, hindering CSOs’ ability to fulfill their role as defenders of democracy in Europe and beyond. […]
NextGenerationEU must involve all stakeholders! So far, it has not
Civil Society Europe has co-signed the statement with the European Students Union, OBESSU – the Organising Bureau of European School Students Unions, and the Lifelong Learning Platform. The NextGenerationEU instrument was announced last year as the biggest single investment of the European Union, mounting up to 750 billion euros, with the Recovery and Resilience Facility […]
Civil society public letter on the Council’s proposed general approach to the Regulation of Political Advertising
The compromise text proposed by the Czech Presidency for the Regulation on political ads poses risks to democracy and civic space. The text poses risks by: defining the free expression of political ideas and civic engagement as political advertising, therefore imposing disproportionate obligations on simple civic participation; establishing a sanctions regime that applies to users of political advertisements on unclear […]
Civil Society High-Level Conference, 30th June – Paris
On the 30th of June 2022, as a follow-up process of the Civil Society Convention for the Conference of the Future of Europe (CSOCoFoE), Civil Society Europe (CSE), the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), and the Mouvement Associatif (LMA) held a High Level Conference on Civil Society and the Future of Europe that was organised […]