The European Commission has proposed a Defence of Democracy package that aims to strengthen the EU against foreign influence, but it risks undermining the civil society organisations that uphold democracy while failing to adequately address any influence in the EU.
We’ve outlined why this doesn’t work in this briefing paper. It was conceived together with Civil Society Europe, ALDA, Civil Liberties Union for Europe, European Center for Nonprofit Law, European Civic Forum, European Partnership for Democracy, European Youth Forum, ILGA Europe, Philea and The Good Lobby
