Report published by the United Nations Human Rights Regional Office for Europe, May 2020 Introduction Respect for the rule of law is declining worldwide – a persistent trend evident even in established democracies.…
Report by Maecenata Stiftung, originally published on 8 May 2020 in German here Author: Rupert Graf Strachwitz European governments are reacting differently to the Corona crisis. This also applies to…
Statement published on the website of the Government of the Netherlands, 1 April 2020 - accessible here Statement by Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,…
Article originally published on Council of Europe website, 8 April 2020 - accessible here The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, has issued a toolkit for governments across…
Article originally published on EESC website, 6 April 2020 - accessible here For an urgent and comprehensive European economic recovery plan The COVID-19 crisis represents first of all a human health…
Article originally published on Council of Europe website, 16 April 2020 - accessible here “Despite the unprecedented challenges European countries face due to COVID-19, saving lives at sea and disembarking…
The European Commission opened a stakeholder consultation to feed into the Annual Rule of Law Report. The European Civic Forum takes this opportunity to highlight why the deterioration of the…
Call for action by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, WWF, European Environmental Bureau, and others, available here SIGN IT HERE To the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament…
Extract from article published on The Guardian, 16 April 2020 - accessible here White asparagus is late April’s delicacy across much of north-west Europe. In Germany the pale spears of…
Article originally published on ECNL - accessible here To download this paper in pdf, click here. A brief overview by Neil Jarman, Independent Consultant, with Simona Ognenovska, Monitoring and Research…