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Robin Hood Tax would boost growth and help poor

Press Release | 23 May 2012
European leaders meeting today to discuss ways of boosting economic growth should press ahead with plans for a financial transaction tax (FTT), Oxfam said.
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Overwhelming majority at European Parliament backs EU-wide tax on financial transactions

Media Reaction | 23 May 2012
Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of an European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), with 487 votes in favour out of 685. The vote took place a few hours before an EU 'growth summit' in...
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Oxfam reaction to EU Finance Ministers’ talks on climate finance for the world’s poor

Media Reaction | 15 May 2012
At the start of the latest round of UN climate talks in Bonn, EU Finance Ministers today debated the state of play of Europe’s commitment to help fight climate change in developing countries. Lies...
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Oxfam welcomes Europe’s unprecedented criticism of the Israeli Government’s West Bank policies

Media Reaction | 14 May 2012
International humanitarian agency Oxfam welcomes the unprecedented stance taken by EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in Brussels today, which strongly criticizes Israeli government policies towards ‘Area...
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Oxfam & ONE welcome EU initiative to prevent yet another crisis in the Horn of Africa

Media Reaction | 14 May 2012
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. Leading NGO agencies...
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Financial Times - Development aid to poor nations falls

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4faa0e14-7e55-11e1-b20a-00144feab49a.html#axzz1rcqr7zV...

BBC News - OECD links fall in development aid to financial crisis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17617582

EU Observer - Europe entering age of 'aid austerity'

http://euobserver.com/24/115801

European Voice - Infighting leaves EU with no nominees for climate fund

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/march/infighting-leaves-eu-with-no-nom...

Reuters - EU seeks to decide who gets U.N. climate fund seats

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-gcf-europe-idUSBRE82R0TS20120328

Widespread EU aid cuts will cost lives and must be reversed


Figures released by the OECD today show that Europe has made widespread cuts to overseas aid in the last year. Indeed, development aid from most EU-15 countries has been slashed, leaving Europe even further off-track to meet its promise to give 0.7 per cent of national... Read more »

04 Apr 2012 | oxfameu | Read comments

Hopes for a European financial transaction tax are not dead


European Finance Ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today and tomorrow to discuss the possibility of introducing a tax on financial transactions. Some journalists appear to be insisting that the prospects for such a tax are fading or even doomed, but this is not the case. Hopes for a financial transaction tax (FTT) are not dead.
For starters, Germany... Read more »

30 Mar 2012 | oxfameu | Read comments

European Competitiveness Council meeting

30 May, 2012 - 31 May, 2012
Brussels
Ministers to adopt their final position on the revision proposal of the Accounting and Transparency Directives, including an obligation for extractive industries to disclose their payments to all countries in which they operate (country by country reporting). Oxfam is calling for the EU to adopt this ambitious proposal that would allow transparency in resource-rich developing countries to hold governments accountable for spending revenues from extractive companies on development.

European Parliament’s Industry Research and Energy Committee vote on MiFID report

31 May, 2012
European Parliament, Brussels
The European Parliament’s Industry Research and Energy Committee will vote on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) report about the Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) prepared by Markus Ferber MEP. The European Commission put forward the MiFID directive, which is key to regulating agricultural commodity derivatives that fuel global food price volatility, last October.

EU Environment Ministers meeting

11 June, 2012
Luxembourg
Environment ministers discuss for the first time the proposed revision to the Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) that would streamline Member States’ reporting on emissions and finance provided for adaptation and low carbon development in poor countries

European Parliament plenary vote on FTT report and possibly on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

12 June, 2012
Brussels
European Parliament vote on European Financial Transaction Tax report by Anni Podimata MEP

EU Energy Ministers meeting

15 June, 2012
Luxembourg
Ministers to discuss the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050 and hold a first debate on the European Commission’s proposed Renewable Energy Strategy post 2020.

Oxfam International’s European Union office in Brussels works to influence key decision-makers to ensure that EU policies affecting poor countries have a far reaching, positive impact on the lives of those most in need.

Our work spans numerous policy areas including food security, climate change, development policy and finance, and the provision of humanitarian assistance to victims of conflicts and natural disasters.

The EU office works together with Oxfam’s eight European affiliates in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. We also join forces with allied NGOs and civil society organizations.

Meet the team:

Natalia Alonso
Head of EU Office
Tel: +32 2 234 11 14
Email: Natalia.Alonso@oxfaminternational.org

Natalia Danailov
Office Administrator
Tel.: +32 2 234 11 10
Email: Natalia.Danailov@oxfaminternational.org

Angela Corbalan
EU Media & Communications Officer
Tel:  + 32 2 234 11 15
Email: Angela.Corbalan@oxfaminternational.org

Marc Olivier Herman
EU Economic Justice Policy Lead (Food Security > Biofuels / Financial Market Regulation)
Tel: +32 (0)2 234 11 12
Email: Marco.Herman@oxfaminternational.org

Lies Craeynest
EU Economic Justice Policy Advisor (Food Security > Climate Change / Agricultural Development Policy)
Tel: +32 (0)2 234 11 20  
Email: Lies.Craeynest@oxfaminternational.org

Nicolas Mombrial
EU Essential Services Policy Advisor (Development Policy & Finance > Aid quantity & quality / Financial Transaction Tax / EU budget 2014-2020)
Tel: + 32 2 234 11 13
Email: Nicolas.Mombrial@oxfaminternational.org

Catherine Olier
EU Essential Services Policy Advisor (Development Policy & Finance > Health & Education / Budget Support / Domestic Resources)
Tel: +32 (0) 22 34 11 25
Email: Catherine.Olier@oxfaminternational.org

Tidhar Wald
EU Humanitarian Policy Advisor (Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs)
Tel: +32 2 234 11 16
Email: Tidhar.Wald@oxfaminternational.org

Laetitia Tremel
EU Advocacy and Administration Assistant
Tel: +32 2 234 11 21
Email: Laetitia.Tremel@oxfaminternational.org

Julia Doherty
EU Media and Communications Intern
Email: Julia.Doherty@oxfaminternational.org
Tel: +32 2 234 11 19