[Interview] Civil society leader to EU: ‘Stop the witch hunt on NGOs before it’s too late for democracy’
<div><img width="600" height="400" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/05/20th-Anniversary-of-the-European-Civic-Forum-Photo-by-Benjamin-Goodwin-600x400.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/05/20th-Anniversary-of-the-European-Civic-Forum-Photo-by-Benjamin-Goodwin-600x400.jpg 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/05/20th-Anniversary-of-the-European-Civic-Forum-Photo-by-Benjamin-Goodwin-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/05/20th-Anniversary-of-the-European-Civic-Forum-Photo-by-Benjamin-Goodwin.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>As EU lawmakers turn their fire on “foreign-funded” NGOs, Natacha Kazatchkine warns that a coordinated witch-hunt is starving civil society of money, legitimacy and space to defend basic rights.
