Civil society and the EU Hungarian Presidency

Eyes on Hungary and its people at a critical time for Europe

With the Budapest regime adopting an increasingly non-aligned stance on environmental and governance issues, NGO interests have established a “Civil EU Presidency” to provide a parallel voice for the way ahead during Hungary’s six month tenure.

As expressed on the Civil EU Presidency website, output from a series of events together with participation in other EU related sessions, will be collated into recommendations for environmental strategy – and the role of a fully functioning, inclusive democracy in developing this.

There are seven events included in the “shadow” Presidency schedule:

Water resilience in the EU
The State of Forests in the EU
Just green transition in the EU
Women in public life
Roma strategies in EU countries
Sustainable battery strategy
Civic space in the EU

Wild Europe will be particularly engaged in the events on water resilience and state of forests