Campact
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| Formation | 2004 |
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| Founded at | Verden (Aller) |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
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Managing Director | Christoph Bautz |
Managing Director | Astrid Deilmann |
Managing Director | Daphne Heinsen |
Managing Director | Felix Kolb |
| Website | www |
Campact is a German non-governmental organization, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It aims at creating political pressure in a wide variety of issues through mass digital mobilization. One of its founders, Christoph Bautz, cited MoveOn as inspiration for the founding of the movement in 2004.[1] One of its successful and better-known campaigns targeted the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).[2]
Aims
Campact has organized campaigns on a wide range of topics,[2] which included support for the anti-nuclear movement, environmental movement, finance politics, press freedom, quality of healthcare,[3] and animal welfare.[4]
In 2016, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership was put on hold in Germany in the wake of protests in which Campact had played a major role. That year, Campact was referred to by Politico as "anti-TTIP NGO". In 2015, Campact received funding of 7 million euros, more than three times than in 2012.[5]
Loss of non-profit status in 2019
In February 2019, the decision of the Federal Fiscal Court to withdraw the non-profit (Gemeinnützigkeit) status of Attac led to concerns in other non-government organizations that they would likewise lose this status.[6] In anticipation of this, Campact stopped issuing donation certificates for taxation purposes.[2] Campact lost its non-profit status in October 2019. Similar as had been the case with Attac, the Berlin revenue office explained its decision in part by referring to the campaigns not serving the purpose of political education. In response, there were calls to extend the scope of work that non-profit organizations could carry out.[7]
Stance on Hygienedemos
In May 2020, Campact warned its members against attending the Hygienedemos ("hygiene demonstrations"), the name by which many of the early protests over COVID-19 policies in Germany were referred to. In an email to around 2.3 million supporters, managing director Kolb gave two reasons for the warning: first, the regular violations of government-mandated physical distancing measures (wearing of a nose-mouth covering and maintaining a minimum distance of 1.5 metres to other participants) at the rallies; second, the participation of adherents of far-right or extreme-right views in the organization of the Hygienedemos.[8] In an interview with the taz later that month, Kolb mentioned that the email had triggered an unexpectedly vigorous wave of positive and negative responses, while defending his step.[9]
References
- ↑ Zeeb, Norbert (21 May 2015). "Die schlagkräftigste NGO Deutschlands" (in Deutsch). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roon, Anastasija (6 May 2019). "Die Grenzen des Politischen" (in Deutsch). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ Zimmermann, Theresa (26 January 2012). "Lautsprecher des kleinen Mannes". Die Tageszeitung (taz) (in Deutsch). Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ Müller, Lars (17 March 2021). "Bauernprotest in Dresden: Eine Karre Mist für die Agrarwende" (in Deutsch). Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ von der Burchard, Hans (16 September 2016). "Anti-trade campaigners slaughter their golden goose: TTIP". Politico. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ "Staatssekretär: Attac-Urteil betrifft auch Umwelthilfe". T-online (in Deutsch). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ Seibel, Karsten (21 October 2019). "Nach Attac verliert auch Campact den Status der Gemeinnützigkeit". Die Welt (in Deutsch). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "Corona: Campact warnt vor "Hygiene"-Demonstrationen". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (ndr.de) (in Deutsch). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ Bruhn, Eiken (29 May 2020). ""Wir predigen das Vorsorgeprinzip" (Interview with Felix Kolb)". taz (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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