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...
The Polish Parliament recently approved two laws that would enable the government to remove several Supreme Court judges and consequently further subordinate the country’s public institutions to the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS). The move...