From time to time we publish informations about our work in English – you find a compilation here. General information about our Alliance “Legal certainty for political advocacy” you will find here..
The most important informations:
- An analysis of the legal difficulties that arise when non-profit organizations participate in the formulation of public policy; (in German)
- Our proposals for amendment to the tax code; (in German)
- List of supporters/members of our Alliance “Legal certainty for political advocacy”; (in German)
- Donations are also needed for our work – and the Alliance is recognized as a charitable organization;
- A membership application form for civil society organizations seeking to support our efforts to attain greater legal certainty;
- How to receive news bulletins via e-mail (mostly in German).
Current releases in English:
- Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023: No progress (Februar 21, 2023) - Our partner Civil Liberties Union for Europe has published it's annual Rule of Law Report, recommending Germany a reform of the tax law (Gemeinnützigkeitsrecht): "The… read more
- Rule of Law Report: Germany to ammend regulations on tax-exempt status (Juli 14, 2022) - With the current Rule of Law report, issued on July 13th, 2022, the European Commission recommends Germany to adress the challenges, civil society organisations under… read more
- Civil Liberties Union for Europe: Liberties Rule of Law Report (Mai 12, 2022) - "The enabling framework for civil society in Germany continues to raise rule of law concerns regarding the freedom of assembly and the financing framework for… read more
- Challenges and abilities of civil society organizations to access resources (Februar 21, 2022) - In response to a Call for Inputs from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément… read more
- 2019: Public benefit status of five NGOs was revoked (Dezember 19, 2019) - Since the Attac case in early 2019 the public benefit status of non-profit organisations in Germany has been repeatedly weakened. The current law is a… read more
- Interview Civic Space Watch about Attac case in Germany (Mai 8, 2019) - The platform "Civic Space Watch" is informing about the Attac case and therefore pulished an interview with Stefan Diefenbach-Trommer, the spokesperson of our coalition “Rechtssicherheit… read more
- Analysis of the Federal Fiscal Court’s Attac decision (März 14, 2019) - This is a translation of the German text "Analyse des Attac-Urteils", published at 14th march 2019. The judgment in the Attac case by the [German]… read more
- Effect of the Attac ruling on civic commitment (März 1, 2019) - This is a translation of the German text "Auswirkungen des Attac-Urteils auf zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement", published on 1. march 2019. The German Federal Fiscal Court’s (BFH)… read more
- About the Alliance “Legal certainty for political advocacy” (Februar 28, 2019) - Civil society is charitable, pursues public benefit purposes, per se: a diverse political civil society gives our democracy life. Civil society encourages people to form… read more