The EPP, the conservative group in the European Parliament, has begun a witch-hunt of civil society. Together with the far-right ECR group, they want to severely weaken civil society’s ability to hold EU institutions and politicians to account. The most recent attack has come in the form of a crackdown on funding received by some NGOs through an EU program called “LIFE”. The conservatives, represented by the German MEP Monika Hohlmeier, are claiming that part of the money received by NGOs specifically to present and discuss the results of their projects is used to lobby MEPs on environmental policy.