5 December 2022 Dear Ministers of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, We, undersigned organisations defending human rights, ask you to protect the rule of law in Europe and support the proposal to suspend EU funds to Hungary under the...
The following joint letter was sent by 17 civil society organisations to the EU General Affairs Council on 9 December 2021, ahead of the Council’s meeting on 14 December.
This letter was sent to the European Commission on 29 September 2021 Dear Vice-President Dombrovskis, Commissioner Gentiloni, Commissioner Hahn, We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to express our shared concerns regarding Hungary’s...
The following letter was sent to Chancellor Angela Merkel on 3 December 2020: RE: Rule of law and the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget Dear Chancellor Merkel, On November 16, two EU member states blocked the...
The problem: gag lawsuits against public interest defenders The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organisations that hold those in positions of power to account. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are...
The first rule of law report published today by the European Commission echoes Transparency International EU’s concerns over ineffective rule of law and anticorruption measures in place in many EU Member States, and underpins calls for a robust...
The following letter, signed by over 80 MEPs and civil society groups, was sent to the presidents of the European Commission and Council: Dear President von der Leyen, Dear President Michel, The coronavirus pandemic represents an...
“The basic principle is openness, transparency and fully keeping the public informed.” – South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha (BBC’s Marr Show, 17 March 2020) The coronavirus pandemic calls for an urgent, ambitious...
Last week, the multi-stakeholder platform accompanying the European Commission’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted a paper with wide-ranging recommendations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s...
