CSE’s mission is to contribute to EU recognition of the essential role and value of independent and plural CSOs in building and nurturing a democratic society that is based on fundamental rights. CSE also works to create the conditions for the development of a strong and independent civil society voice and an effective, open, and structured civil dialogue at the EU level, as […]
ARTICLES Survey on Trust in EU Institutions Protect Civil Society, Defend Democracy: A Civil Society Strategy for an effective rule of law European Convening: protecting & expanding EU civic space Joint letter on EU Defence of Democracy Package NextGenerationEU must involve all stakeholders! So far, it has not. Expert Roundtables: Trustworthy Media Statement by Civil […]
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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 […]
