Dirk Gotink, a Dutch MEP from the centre-right European People's Party, is among the key figures in the probe against NGOs (Photo: © European Union 2025 - Source : EP)

EU auditors push back at rightwing weaponising of NGO audit

EU Political

Health & Society

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Brussels,

An audit report on NGOs last year by the EU's financial watchdog has been weaponised by rightwing forces to shed doubt on the viability and financing of civil society groups.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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Dirk Gotink, a Dutch MEP from the centre-right European People's Party, is among the key figures in the probe against NGOs (Photo: © European Union 2025 - Source : EP)