Our latest edition June – July 2025 Our June – July newsletter features: – Our stance on the proposed long-term EU budget– The launch of our ‘Civil Society State of the Union 2025’ report– Our reaction to the European Parliament working group on NGO funding …and more! Subscribe to our newsletter Full name* Organisation* Email* […]
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 […]
The closing event of the Conference on the Future of Europe, on 9 May, was preceded by the Strasbourg Summit. The latter took place from 5 to 8 May and was organised by civil society organisations, including JEF Europe. Among the highlights of the Summit was the European Civil Society Assembly held on 7 May […]
During its meeting on 7 April, the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe* rejected a proposal from the European Parliament to include a representative of the Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe as an observer. Twenty years after the civil society engagement in the Intergovernmental Conference that brought a […]
Civil Society Europe together with the EU funded Entrust Project Research Consortium led by the University of Siegen has published its first European Policy Brief on the theoretical and normative underpinnings of trust and distrust in governance. Based on the findings of its preliminary research on the state of scientific research on trust and distrust […]
Civil Society Europe has contributed to the European Commission’s consultation on European Citizenship. In line with our previous response, we have highlighted that the EU citizenship report should also encompass citizen’s rights linked to the participation in the democratic life of the Union as highlighted in articles 10 and 11 of the Treaties, and calling […]
Civil Society Europe published today its response to the European Commission annual report Rule of law stakeholders consultation which has been prepared by its civic space working Group. Since a few years we assist in the EU to a worrying trend of restrictive measures in a number of Member States which is negatively affecting civic […]
Last Tuesday Civil Society Europe had two meetings the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, Mr Othmar Karas and Ms Katerina Barley responsible for relations with Citizens, as a follow up of exchange of correspondence with EP President Mr Sassoli. It was the opportunity for CSE to present them with our roadmap to civil dialogue […]
CSE’s Working Groups (WGs) have been established to create a space for dialogue between civil society organisations and movements across the EU. The WGs provide a common and permanent space for the pooling of experiences and good practices; knowledge and documentary sources; campaigns and other forms of collective actions. They are currently focused on 4 […]
Civil Society Europe (CSE) is a partner in “EnTrust – Enlightened Trust”, a multidisciplinary and international research project dedicated to providing novel insights into trust and distrust in governance and measures to support sustainable and democratic societies in Europe. Our work CSE is responsible for work package 7 “Civilising Trust and Distrust: Role Models and […]
