EPP’s war on NGOs is driving a wedge through Europe’s political center

EPP’s war on NGOs is driving a wedge through Europe’s political center

Conservatives face accusations of collaborating with far-right parties in NGO funding probe.

The center-right European People’s Party (EPP) — Europe’s largest political family and part of the centrist coalition that has dominated EU politics since the bloc’s founding — is leading a political campaign against non-governmental organizations that use European grant money to influence policymaking. Critics of the trend emerging in conservative circles say that by targeting civil society organizations, the EPP has embraced a goal that is dir…