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The Greek Parliament adopted a law regulating public assemblies.

Less than a month after the landmark decision of the European Court of Justice, another EU member state is attempting to restrict CSOs' access to funding.

This is the sixth in our #EUlaw4civicfreedoms blog series, focusing on how CSOs can use EU law to safeguard their right to participation to public debate.

Read our joint statement with Civic Space Initiative partners discussing the adverse implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for civic space. 

Read our analysis on the European Court of Justice ruling on the Hungarian Transparency Law and its ground-breaking implications for CSOs, individuals and legal entities within and outside the EU.

This is the fifth in our #EUlaw4civicfreedoms blog series, focusing on on how CSOs can use EU Law to protect their right to provide their services to the community in times of emergency.

ECNL shares concerns raised by the civil society that the EU AI White Paper’s overall narrative suggests a worrisome reversal of EU priorities, putting global competitiveness ahead of the protection of fundamental rights.