CROSOL presented CSO presidency priorities to EU member states

CROSOL has presented Croatian CSOs presidency priorities to the EU 27 member states delegations to Croatia and to Croatian MFA. The goal of this presentation was to inform EU member states on the topics which civil society will mainstream and advocate during the Croatian presidency. CROSOL also presented to the member states list of activities […]

EU Presidency Talks #9 – Podcast by FOND Romania: Kristijan Kovačić, CROSOL

CROSOL was invited to participate in the 9th edition of the “EU Presidency Talks” podcast produced by FOND Romania. The upcoming Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU was discussed, as well as activities and priorities of the Croatian civil society. You can listen the full episode on this link. This podcast was produced […]

Euronews: Finland works towards goal of carbon neutrality by 2035

The Finnish government pledged last April to make the country carbon neutral by 2035, reports Euronews. Finland holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU until December, and this is their main policy priority. The country hopes to convince the 27 other member states to invest in this transition, especially the eastern countries.

EU Commission unveils new measures to protect rule of law, Politico reports.

The European Commission on Wednesday announced new measures aimed at protecting the rule of law in EU member states, according to Politico. The package, whose central feature is an annual EU-wide rule-of-law review, is meant to reinforce existing mechanisms. Brussels has struggled to address concerns of democratic backsliding in some of its member countries. The EU’s […]

Press Release: Civil society priorities for the EU Presidency published

Forum 2020, an informal platform for non-governmental organizations gathered on the occasion of the presidency of the Republic of Croatia to the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2020, has defined the priorities of the civil society perspective. Forum 2020 brings together more than 20 organizations interested in the presidency process […]

Press Release: Civil society priorities for the EU Presidency published

Forum 2020, an informal platform for non-governmental organizations gathered on the occasion of the presidency of the Republic of Croatia to the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2020, has defined the priorities of the civil society perspective. Forum 2020 brings together more than 20 organizations interested in the presidency process […]

Video interview: Finnish and Croatian presidency priorities

During the Romanian Development Campa public advocates, Gordan Bosanac from CROSOL-a and Rili Lappalainen from Fingo ry – Suomalaiset kehitysjärjestöt compared Finnish and Croatian civil society priorities for Finnish and Croatian presidencies of the Council of the EU – they overlap in 75% of content. Find out what matters to civil society organizations and what will be the […]

CROATIA NEWS: Fourth public consultations with citizens in the city of Osijek

After talking to citizens in Rijeka, Varaždin and Split, CROSOL continued its Croatian EU Presidency consultations in Osijek – a city located in eastern part of the country. The consultations were conducted in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and Center for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights Osijek – a local CSO. This region […]

Difficult government negotiations ahead in Finland

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) won a narrow victory in Finland’s general election on Sunday. The race between different parties was very tight as SDP got 17.7 percent of the vote and 40 seats in the 200-seat parliament, and the second biggest party, the far-right Finns Party, got 17.5 percent and 39 seats.  The entire political opposition, including the SDP, the Finns Party, […]