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European Commission launches consultation on 2015 International Climate Change Deal - Oxfam comment

Media Reaction | 26 March 2013
The European Commission's consultative communication published today marks the start of EU discussions on the shape of the 2015 international climate deal. Lies Craeynest, Oxfam's EU policy advisor...
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EU Environment Ministers favor biofuels industry over people and planet

Media Reaction | 21 March 2013
In reaction to today’s EU Environment Ministers’ biofuels debate, Marc-Olivier Herman, Oxfam’s EU Policy Advisor, said: “The Ministers’ silence on the impact of biofuels on poor countries is simply...
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Oxfam reaction to Europe’s response to the Arab Spring, two years on

Media Reaction | 20 March 2013
In reaction to the 2013 European Neighborhood Policy Package, put forward today by European Commissioner Stefan Füle, the Head of Oxfam EU Office, Natalia Alonso, said: “Oxfam welcomes the support...
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EU Energy Ministers must stop pandering to an unsustainable biofuel industry that fuels hunger and climate change

Media Reaction | 22 February 2013
In reaction to the orientations discussed today by Energy Ministers on changes to the European biofuels policy, Marc Olivier Herman, Oxfam’s EU Policy Advisor said: "Again today we see far too many...
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A real smart FTT will be a Robin Hood Tax to fight poverty and climate change

Media Reaction | 14 February 2013
Reacting to the presentation by the European Commission of its new legislative proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) through enhanced cooperation, Nicolas Mombrial, Oxfam’s EU Policy Adviser...
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Bloomberg - EU should phase out support for land-based biofuels, lobbies say

21 February 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/eu-should-phase-out-support-for-land-ba...

AFP - EU financial trade tax to apply globally

18 February 2013
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/world/eu-financial-trade-tax-apply-globa...

AFP - Bruxelles propose une taxe "Tobin" à laquelle la City n'échappera pas

18 February 2013
http://www.liberation.fr/economie/2013/02/14/bruxelles-propose-une-taxe-tobin-a-...

La Stampa - Un caso di chiara fame

13 February 2013
http://www.lastampa.it/2013/02/11/blogs/straneuropa/un-caso-di-chiara-fame-tyFRh...

New York Times - Is Europe’s new budget really 20 percent green? Opinions differ

13 February 2013
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/e-u-says-20-percent-of-budget-gre...

Staggering 55% cut to EU funding for climate change adaptation

by Lies Craeynest, Oxfam’s EU climate change expert

European funding to help poor countries adapt to a changing climate is dropping remarkably at a time when it needs to be scaled up in line with UN commitments and people are dealing with increasing impacts of extreme weather events.
As part of an assessment that shows... Read more »

08 Apr 2013 | oxfameu | Read comments

European promises to poor nations crumbling

 
Aid builds hospitals, pays doctors’ salaries and buys textbooks and medical equipment. It isn’t charity; it’s a tiny but crucial investment to build a better, safer world.
New figures from the OECD, released today, show that aid from EU-... Read more »

03 Apr 2013 | oxfameu | Read comments

European Parliament plenary session

10 June, 2013 - 13 June, 2013
Strasbourg
The European Parliament will vote in plenary on a European anti-corruption legislation (EU Transparency and Accountability Directive), which would require oil, gas and mining companies as well as the logging industry to report what they pay to governments in countries where they do business. Oxfam urges Europe to follow the US lead in resisting the lobbying efforts of powerful extractive companies and enforcing a law that champions the rights of developing countries to benefit from their natural resource wealth.

EU Environment Ministers’ meeting

18 June, 2013
Brussels
On the agenda is the possible adoption by ministers of last year’s Commission proposal to ‘Stop the Clock’ for one year on the implementation of the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) with regard to international aviation, until the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in September 2013.

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

Eimear Gavin
PA to Director of Advocacy and Campaigns & Administrative Assistant
Tel +32 (0)2 234 11 21
Email: eimear.gavin@oxfaminternational.org

Isabel Martins
EU Advocacy Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 28
Email: Isabel.Martins@oxfaminternational.org

Serena Merrino
EU Advocacy Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 19
Email: Serena.Merrino@oxfaminternational.org

Nicholas Todd
EU Media and Communications Intern
Tel: +32 2 234 11 29
Email: Nicholas.Todd@oxfaminternational.org