Germany

Freedom of association

GERMANY: Civil society demands state aid because of Corona
Article originally published in German on Die Aktive Bürgerschaft, 29 May 2020 - accessible here Various associations, federations and foundations ...
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GERMANY: Civil society needs state support in time of Corona crisis – Call for action
Article originally published on Phineo in German - accessible here Call upon the Federal Government: We demand state support for ...
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GERMANY: Corona and civil society
Article originally published in German on WZB on 30 April 2020 - accessible here Authors: Edgar Grande and Swen Hutter ...
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GERMANY: German tax offices target charities deemed ‘too political’
(DW - 26 November 2019) The outrage was palpable over the weekend when it was reported that Berlin's finance department had ...
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GERMANY: Commissioner urges Parliament to increase the human rights safeguards of the bill for improving the implementation of expulsion of migrants
(Council of Europe) Today the Commissioner published a letter she addressed to the Chairwoman of the Committee on Internal Affairs ...
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Freedom of expression

GERMANY: Draft “Trade Secret Protection Act” in Germany threatens whistleblowers and press freedom
(European Centre for Press and Media Freedom) On Friday, 15. February 2019, the German Parliament will debate motions by the Greens ...
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GERMANY: Journalists facing conflict with emergency responders over filming
(Index on censorship) “What happened is that I stumbled across something which made the police look bad.” Video footage shot by ...
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GERMANY: Bavaria passes bill expanding police powers despite civil society opposition
On 15 May, the Bavarian parliament passed a controversial Police Task Bill (PAG) granting police new powers to act without ...
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Freedom of assembly

GERMANY: Lockdown loophole – Berlin activists stage climate protest
Article originally published on DW, 24 April 2020 - accessible here Protests may have been restricted during the pandemic, but ...
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GERMANY: Corona and civil society – the implication for freedom of assembly and association
Article originally published in German on GFF website, 9 April 2020 - accessible here Public life has been almost completely ...
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GERMANY: ‘We Are Unstoppable, Another World Is Possible!’: Hundreds Storm Police Lines to Shut Down Massive Coal Mine in Germany
(Common Dreams) Hundreds of climate activists stormed a massive open-pit coal mine in Germany on Saturday, entering a standoff with ...
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Institutional reactions

GERMANY: Commissioner urges Parliament to increase the human rights safeguards of the bill for improving the implementation of expulsion of migrants
(Council of Europe) Today the Commissioner published a letter she addressed to the Chairwoman of the Committee on Internal Affairs ...
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Other resources

Research: Understanding Civil Society In Europe
The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, has just published the findings of a research project on European civil society which they ...
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GERMANY: PayPal no longer processes donations to Pro Chemnitz
(Spiegel - 25 November 2019) Translated from German using DeepL PayPal no longer processes donations to the extreme right-wing association ...
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GERMANY: Analysis of the Federal Fiscal Court’s 2019 ATTAC decision
(Translated from German - Rechtssicherheit für politische Willensbildung)The judgment in the ATTAC case by the [German] Federal Fiscal Court (BFH = ...
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Locking citizens out of environmental decision making is a threat to democracy – report highlights problems across the EU
(European Environmental Bureau) Restrictions placed on civil society are dangerous for both our democracies and our environment. A new report by ...
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Baltic Sea Region NGO forum 2019
The annual Baltic Sea NGO Forum, attended by participants from all of the Baltic Sea region countries, is the major ...
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