Lending its weight to the Patriots’ arguments, the court ruled that finding transparent information on how NGOs are granted taxpayer funds was “practically impossible.”
While the bloc’s CERV program officially aims to strengthen civil society and promote ‘EU values,’ its convoluted way of distributing funds raises “familiar red flags” Hungary said.
The conservative group requested the release of up to 10,000 NGO contracts and is preparing to sue the European Commission if it refuses to disclose them.
The LIFE programme—the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action— has a budget of €5.4 billion but transparency is completely lacking.
