In Strasbourg on Tuesday 17 April, the European Commissioner for Justice, Vera Jourova, expressed her support for the idea of a financial instrument to support civil society organisations active in promoting and protecting fundamental values in the European Union.
Without formally committing to include this instrument in the proposed multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 to be unveiled on 2 May, as the MEPs called for, the Commissioner acknowledged that the European budget could...