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Mit 230 anderen NGOs haben wir den offenen Brief von Civil Society Europe gegen ein EU-Gesetz zu ausländischer Einflussnahme unterzeichnet. Von 🇷🇺 über 🇬🇪,🇮🇳 bis nach🇺🇸, sehen wir die Gefahren solcher Gesetze für eine lebendige Zivilgesellschaft #NoEUFARA

👉 https://civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-foreign-interference-law-is-civil-society-at-risk/

Statt nur auf Verbindungen ins Ausland abzuzielen, sollte die EU-Kommission generell politische Einflussnahme besser regulieren, z.B. durch ein wirklich verpflichtendes Transparenzregister. Das hätte bei #Katargate wirklich geholfen!

👉 https://lobbycontrol.de/lobbyismus-in-der-eu/eu-korruptionsskandal-wie-reagierten-die-institutionen-107930/

Rusia, Georgia y la Hungría de Orbán aprobaron una 'Ley de Injerencia Extranjera' para expulsar a las organizaciones no filogubernamentales.

⚠️ Ahora, tras criticar la falta de democracia de Orbán, la UE quiere aprobar algo similar.

@EuCivilsociety y 230 orgs decimos #NoEUFARA
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RT @EuCivilsociety
📢Today 230 NGOs express concern about proposed EU legislation on organisations with foreign funding which could stigmatise NGOs and d…
https://twitter.com/EuCivilsociety/status/1653672893480423424

RT @EuCivilsociety
📢Today 230 NGOs express concern about proposed EU legislation on organisations with foreign funding which could stigmatise NGOs and damage democracy.

That's why we're calling for #NoEUFARA❌
@vonderleyen @dreynders @VeraJourova

Read the statement➡️ http://civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-foreign-interference-law-is-civil-society-at-risk/

RT @lobbycontrol
Mit 230 anderen NGOs haben wir den offenen Brief von @EuCivilsociety gegen ein EU-Gesetz zu ausländischer Einflussnahme unterzeichnet.

Von 🇷🇺 über 🇬🇪,🇮🇳 bis nach🇺🇸, sehen wir die Gefahren solcher Gesetze für eine lebendige Zivilgesellschaft #NoEUFARA (1/2) https://twitter.com/EuCivilsociety/status/1653672893480423424

RT @EuCivilsociety
📢Today 230 NGOs express concern about proposed EU legislation on organisations with foreign funding which could stigmatise NGOs and damage democracy.

That's why we're calling for #NoEUFARA❌
@vonderleyen @dreynders @VeraJourova

Read the statement➡️ http://civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-foreign-interference-law-is-civil-society-at-risk/

President @vonderleyen@twitter.com, we don‘t need a Foreign Agents Act in Europe! 47 MEPs &I call on you to reevaluate the directive of the Defence of Democracy Package. It is a fatal signal to #CivilSociety! #DontTouchMyNGO #NoEUFARA
📝Read the letter: https://lagodinsky.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230503_Letter_von_der_Leyen_Defence_of_Democracy_Package.pdf

RT @EUCivicForum
🚨 No to an EU Foreign Agents Act!

Today, 230 NGOs sound the alarm: the proposed regulation on foreign-funded organisations could further stigmatise NGOs & damage democracy.

@eucommission must #ProtectNGOs. That means #NoEUFARA❌

Read more👉 http://civilsocietyeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230-Civil-Society-Organisations-Statement-on-EU-Foreign-Interference-Law.pdf https://twitter.com/EuCivilsociety/status/1653672893480423424

RT @EuCivilsociety
📢Today 230 NGOs express concern about proposed EU legislation on organisations with foreign funding which could stigmatise NGOs and damage democracy.

That's why we're calling for #NoEUFARA❌
@vonderleyen @dreynders @VeraJourova

Read the statement➡️ http://civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-foreign-interference-law-is-civil-society-at-risk/