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European Democracy Action Plan

Justice and fundamental rights

The Commission has announced its intention to present a European Democracy Action Plan. The aim is to ensure that citizens are able to participate in the democratic system through informed decision-making free from unlawful interference and manipulation. The Action Plan would also build on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis and include measures related to elections integrity, media freedom, media pluralism and disinformation.

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EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, 22 Jul 2020

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) believes that a Democracy Action Plan is needed, and that the Roadmap sets out some very important points. The ETUC Executive Committee discussed the forthcoming Democracy Action Plan in July 2020, adopting a Discussion Paper attached. It agreed that…

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Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, 26 Aug 2020

BEUC welcomes the European Democracy Action Plan as a valid and necessary step towards addressing the threats against modern democracies. However, its assumption of an informed and rational citizen does not seem to sufficiently address the problems created by the online behavioural surveillance…

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Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe, 10 Aug 2020

Please find the Association of Commercial Television in Europe feedback attached.

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DOT Europe, 27 Aug 2020

EDiMA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Commission on this Roadmap on the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP). Given our role at the heart of the digital economy, EDiMA and its wide variety of members can offer first-hand insight into the interplay between technology and…

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European Women's Lobby, 27 Aug 2020

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the biggest umbrella organisation for women’s rights in Europe, gathering more than 2000 NGOs throughout the EU and candidate countries. While we do not specifically work on all the areas targeted by this roadmap, we call on the European Union to demonstrate a…

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News Media Europe, 20 Jul 2020

Please, see attached document.

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Access Now Europe, 27 Aug 2020

Access Now considers “nurturing, protecting and strengthening democracy” as a primary goal of our policy work in the protection of digital rights. We agree with the Commission’s opinion that European democracies are seriously challenged, which became evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online…

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Computer & Communications Industry Association, 27 Aug 2020

Please find our contribution attached.

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EU DisinfoLab, 26 Aug 2020

EU DisinfoLab welcomes the Commission’s initiative to present a European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP), in particular the efforts to address disinformation. We call for a renewed EU-wide approach, from focusing solely on foreign interference during electoral periods to instead approaching…

STM publishers urge EU to prioritize verified scientific research sources

International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, 27 Aug 2020

STM requests that the EU and tech platforms help users identify peer-reviewed research. They propose using labels and search rankings to prioritize the "version of record" over unverified sources.
Formalizing the "version of record" reinforces the commercial dominance and necessity of traditional publishers.
Open-access repositories face marginalization if their unverified content is systematically labeled as potentially untrustworthy.

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interface - tech analysis and policy ideas for Europe e.V., 27 Aug 2020

Democracy is a work in progress. Especially in Europe, with its history of authoritarian rule and the present danger of authoritarian backsliding, it is up to citizens, governments, businesses and civil society to continuously work on upholding and improving democratic principles. It is to be…

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European Trade Union Committee for Education, 31 Jul 2020

ETUCE welcomes the proposal of the European Democracy Action Plan to strengthen and protect European democracy and ‘to ensure that citizens are able to participate in the democratic system through informed decision-making’. However, the proposal seems to focus more on external threats and ‘unlawful…

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Defend Democracy, 27 Aug 2020

Defend Democracy welcomes an ambitious European Democracy Action plan. We strongly recommend a more coherent approach regarding hybrid threats to democracy. These include, but are not limited to, foreign malign election interference and disinformation. In order to defend democracy, the EU must look…

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European Network of Social Integration Enterprises, 24 Aug 2020

The European Network for Social Integration Enterprises, ENSIE, represents the interests of national and regional networks of ‘Work Integration Social Enterprises’ (WISEs) striving for more inclusive and integrated forms of employment at European level. WISEs are defined by three identifying…

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Ökotárs Alapítvány - Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation, 22 Jul 2020

Developing a European Democracy Action Plan is very timely and essential in order to sustain and broaden European cooperation based on the commonly accepted values of dignity, freedom, equality, solidarity the rule of law and respect for human rights in the face of current and increasing threats…

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European Association for viewers Interests, 27 Aug 2020

EAVI welcomes the efforts of the European Commission intended to contribute to shape a context more apt to protect our democracies. Upon revision of the current EC process, EAVI’s understanding is that it is unnecessary here to reinforce further the need for urgently implementing measures in that…

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Bundesverband ANUAS e.V. - Hilfsorganisation für Angehörige von Mord-, Tötungs-, Suizid- und Vermisstenfällen, 21 Jul 2020

Der Bundesverband ANUAS e.V. ist eine Opferhilfeorganisation und unterstützt Angehörige gewaltsamer Tötung. In Fällen betroffener Angehöriger in Deutschland fällt dem ANUAS folgendes vermehrt auf: Die Verhandlungen der Auswirkungen und die Erfahrungen, die Menschen in Deutschland machen, haben…

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Asociación de Víctimas de corrupción judicial, 11 Jul 2020

As the document highlights, the erosion of democracy is a real problem, as is the decreasing levels of trust in governments and media. But, from our perspective: disinformation through media, deteriorated media freedom, election integrity and violation of civil society right, all suffer from the…