We stand with the people of Poland who marched this week-end in defence of democracy and European values. We are concerned that adopted and proposed legislation of the Polish government undermines fundamental rights and freedoms. This includes: limitations to the independence of the judiciary undermining the system of checks and balances and violation of the…
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Survey on Civic Space in Europe Civil Society Europe and Civicus, the World Alliance for Citizen’s participation launched in January a survey open to associations and leading activists in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, and the candidate countries to the EU Accession: Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and…
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Civil Society Europe (CSE) has participated to the consultation on EU citizenship launched by the European Commission. CSE response builds on the work that had been achieved through the European Year of Citizens Alliance following a large and intense consultation of European, national and local organisations to produce 80 concrete recommendations to EU institutions and…
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Concerned by the lack of a coordinated and adequate response that is exacerbating fear, racism, and indifference among citizens in Europe, as well as by the violations of human rights experienced by migrants and refugees. Stressing that the current “refugee and migrant crisis” will not cease in the short term and that longer term policies…
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Civil Society Europe signed a call to European leaders for refugees welcome. Since human rights are central to the European project they have an obligation to make decisions about, and to put in place, a collective commitment to welcome these refugees as well as meeting legal obligations to provide asylum, which Europe once took the…
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During the “European Year of Citizens 2013” sixty-two European networks of associations and non-governmental organizations backed by 22 coalitions at the national level joined forces to form the European Year of Citizens Alliance 2013 (EYCA). Their aim is engaging civil society in a broad debate on what European citizenship means today, identifying the challenges ahead…
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Major European Networks of Associations joined forces to create Civil Society Europe, a permanent space for horizontal exchanges and a strong voice for paradigm shift to restore and promote the values of equality, solidarity, democracy and inclusiveness among EU Member States and its people. The press launch was hosted by European Parliament Vice-President Sylvie Guillaume, responsible for citizenship. Jean-Marc Roirant, President of the…
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