{"id":3343,"date":"2022-03-09T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2022-03-11T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:36:14","slug":"als-schattenberichterstatter-setze-ich-mich-fuer-eine-verbesserung-der-handlungsraeume-zivilgesellschaftlicher-organisationen-ein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/en\/as-shadow-rapporteur-i-advocate-for-improvement-of-action-space-of-civil-society-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"As shadow rapporteur, I am committed to improving the scope for action of civil society organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Civil society organizations play a central role in democracy and the development of civil society. However, they can only carry out their work effectively if there is no undue interference, intimidation or criminalization. Unfortunately, the spaces for many NGOs have become smaller in recent years.<\/strong> 37 % of local or regional organizations<\/a> in the EU have indicated that the situation for them has worsened or even significantly worsened in 2020. Unfortunately, attempts are being made in many EU countries to make life difficult for refugees and people who want to help refugees, also through arrests or the abuse of existing laws.<\/a>. A current example of this is the Court case in Greece against Se\u00e1n Binder & Sarah Mardini<\/a> and 22 others who face up to 25 years in prison. The charges are flimsy and are simply about punishing people who saved others from drowning to deter others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Parliament's Home Affairs Committee has requested a so-called own-initiative report (INI), on which I worked as a shadow rapporteur. I want our report to better protect and regulate the spaces of action for civil society organizations in the EU. The INI was adopted by a large majority in this week's plenary session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The scope of action of civil society organizations must be better protected. Our INI was adopted by the Home Affairs Committee and will now be forwarded to the Commission. I will keep you updated here as soon as there is news on the topic.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Civil society organizations play a central role in democracy and the development of civil society. However, they can only carry out their work effectively if there is no undue interference, intimidation or criminalization. Unfortunately, the spaces for many NGOs have become smaller in recent years. 37 % of local or regional organizations in the EU have …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-politik","9":"with-featured-image"},"yoast_head":"\nOur demands to the Commission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n