Together with my Green colleagues Marie, Alexandra and Nicu, we would like to invite you to our

One Day Event on Civil Society: Defending Democracy

on Thursday 12 June 2025

PROGRAM & Registration

Three panels will look at different challenges: 

•         10h30 – 12h00 NGO funding and transparency requirements with MEPs Daniel Freund (Greens), Michał Wawrykiewicz and Radan Kanev (EPP), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Patrizia Heidegger (European Environmental Bureau), Lisa Schüler (Caritas Germany), Gabriella Civico (Civil Society Europe)
•         (11h30 – 14h00 Renew event on defence of civil society with buffet lunch)
•         14h30 – 16h00 Protecting environmental defenders with MEPs Marie Toussaint (Greens), Michel Forst (UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders), Chloé Mikolajczak (environmental activist and influencer), Anne Friel (Client Earth)
•         16h15 – 18h00 Forms of anti-democracy campaigning with MEPs Alexandra Geese and Nicu Stefanuta (Greens); Renée DiResta (professor and writer), Matei Vrabie (Funky Citizens), Roxana Mandrutiu (Declic), Tamás Bodoky (investigative Journalist, OCCRP)

Register now: https://crm.greens-efa.eu/defending-democracy 

Please share this invitation with your stakeholders, NGOs, journalists, researchers and others interested in this topic.

Online participation is possible.