'Civic space' to safeguard the rule of law

In the coming weeks, we will take you through our plans for the coming years. In this first item in this series, we will discuss the 'Civic space' program. In other words: the social space that is needed to safeguard and promote the rule of law. On Monday, February 17, "media magnate" Joop van den Ende placed a full-page advertisement in AD and NRC, among others, in which he calls on politicians to protect Dutch media from American tech companie…