Europe’s NGOs fear Trump-style funding cuts are coming (www.politico.eu)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 01:26
https://lemmy.world/post/28235414

Europe’s nongovernmental organizations are getting worried.

The sector, which boasts the second-biggest army of lobbyists in Brussels behind business, has been locked in a fierce battle with conservative lawmakers for months over the use of European Union grant money for lobbying.

A series of recent setbacks gave members of the European Parliament the upper hand in that battle, leading NGOs to warn of a Donald Trump-inspired campaign to defund them.

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