Overwhelming majority understands the need to support #civilsociety organisations like #DefendDemocracy beyond project-related grants.

EU's upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package is an opportunity to fix a broken system.

We need to be able to hire and retain #talent and to protect them accordingly and we need to be able to invest more time in #advocacy to spur systemic change.

Let’s hope we can focus more on our work - less on raising funds for it.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/demokratie-gefaehrdet-umfrage-deutschland-100.html

Thank you EU Parliament for hearing our plea!

To #DefendDemocracy, EU Parliament urges coordinated EU strategy & adequate funding.

EU needs effective #DefenceOfDemocracy package & legislation to counter #HybridThreats.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230524IPR91908/foreign-interference-meps-call-for-urgent-protection-of-2024-european-elections

#DefendDemocracy's recommendations for EU Commission's #DefenceOfDemocracy package:

* Use a coherent & comprehensive approach to foreign interference;

* Invest in whole-of-society resilience to #HybridThreats to democracy.

Find our input in the chapter on 'Foreign interference':

https://epd.eu/2023/03/30/joint-civil-society-and-democracy-organisations-priorities-for-the-defence-of-democracy-package/

For an adequate '#DefenceOfDemocracy' package, the EU needs to address the full foreign toolbox of #HybridThreats to #democracy coherently.

Not cherry-pick just a few of them.

Our letter to the @EU_Commission

#DefendDemocracy #HybridThreats

https://defenddemocracy.eu/letter-on-defence-of-democracy/

Kicking off 2023 with a great exchange!

With EU Parliamentarian @kimvsparrentak on the role of #BigTech in the US & #Brazil insurrections, on EU's #DigitalServicesAct & on EU's upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package.

See you in one of our 12 #DemocracyDrinks cities!

☕️ https://democracydrinks.org/

@DefendDemocracy@twitter.com I count upon the @EU_Commisison@twitter.com to go further and present strict rules against disinformation and polarising recommender algorithms in the EU’s upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package. 3/

RT @DefendDemocracy@twitter.com

Kicking off 2023 with a great exchange!

EU Parliamentarian @KimVSparrentak@twitter.com on role of #BigTech in US & Brazil insurrections, on EU's #DigitalServicesAct & on EU's upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package.

See you in one of our 12 @DemocracyDrinks@twitter.com cities!

☕️ https://democracydrinks.org/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DefendDemocracy/status/1613151173158002690

RT @DefendDemocracy@twitter.com

Kicking off 2023 with a great exchange!

EU Parliamentarian @KimVSparrentak@twitter.com on role of #BigTech in US & Brazil insurrections, on EU's #DigitalServicesAct & on EU's upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package.

See you in one of our 12 @DemocracyDrinks@twitter.com cities!

☕️ https://democracydrinks.org/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DefendDemocracy/status/1613151173158002690

Confucius Institutes is a great example of how the #DefenceofDemocracy discussion could play out in the EU

- Risk that 'defence of democracy' becomes an excuse for states to crack down on international cooperation

- Risk that organisations that do not get their house in order will lose autonomy

- Transparency for government action and risk assessment by organisations seem two key elements

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities-silent-uk-government-seeks-close-confucius-institutes