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Challenging EU policies to make them work for people in poverty

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Oxfam and TWN Africa challenge the EU to extend market access in the absence of an EPA

Press Release | 27 April 2007
The European Commission has threatened some of the world's poorest countries with lower access to the EU market if they fail to sign new free trade deals known as Economic Partnership Agreements (...
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EU development ministers must act to stop unfair trade deals with Africa, say EU NGOs

Press Release | 12 March 2007
European Development Ministers meeting in Bonn this week (March 12-13) must act to stop the unfair free trade deals between the EU and countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP), otherwise...
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Over a million euros a month of European aid to Palestine wasted in bank charges

Press Release | 9 February 2007
Oxfam calls on UK Government to persuade Europe to end 'aid fiasco'.International agency Oxfam today revealed that more than a million euros of European Union aid for Palestinians is being paid to...
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One year after Hong Kong: trade talks at standstill, no progress on development

Press Release | 12 December 2006
One year after the inconclusive World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial in Hong Kong, negotiators have failed to make progress on agreeing trade reforms to promote development, and pressure on...
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Colin Firth wins award as Campaigner of the Year in Europe

Press Release | 29 November 2006
On Tuesday night, Actor Colin Firth was awarded the title of Campaigner of the Year by European Voice, Brussels’ most distinguished and important weekly, for his role as a defender of poor...
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The Washington Post - EU proposes financial trading tax despite ongoing opposition from US, Britain

21 February 2012
http://headline-newspaper.com/2011/09/eu-proposes-financial-trading-tax-despite-...

Euractiv - Brussels slammed for bad science on biofuels

21 February 2012
http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/brussels-slammed-bad-science-biofuel...

Euronews - Renewed fighting in Yemen

21 February 2012
http://www.euronews.net/2011/09/23/renewed-fighting-in-yemen-up-to-10-dead/

The Guardian - Oxfam warns of spiralling land grab in developing countries

21 February 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/22/oxfam-land-grab-developing-cou...

VRT TV news - Kenia voert boontjes uit ondanks hongersnood

21 February 2012
http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.1087321

Resilience: We can save lives, but can we turn them around?

By Natalia Alonso, Head of Oxfam’s EU Office


Oxfam’s Penny Lawrence asked us to picture Isutu, a mother of five in Mali with elderly relatives at home and a husband in search of work. She has survived famine and fears she may soon be forced from her land by conflict, yet also struggles to feed herself and her family from day to day.... Read more »

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Victory in campaign for EU deal on transparency in the extractive sector

Catherine Olier, Policy Advisor at Oxfam’s EU Office, reflects on a hard-fought victory that will force oil, gas, mining and logging companies to come clean on their finances in the developing world. The European Parliament and EU member states are expected to give their final green light to the agreement in the coming months, bringing EU legislation in line with the US Dodd-Frank Act.
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Food versus fuel? MEPs and UN food expert debate EU biofuels policy - Press Conference

19 June, 2013 - 14:00 - 14:30
ASP5G2, European Parliament, Brussels
Journalists are invited to attend a press conference following a closed-door meeting of MEPs with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food on June 19th, in advance of key votes to determine the future of EU biofuels policy, in order to assess the risks to food security presented by biofuels.

MEPs to vote on EU biofuels policy

19 June, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
Members of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) will vote on a report regarding the European Commission’s October proposal to cap support for biofuels made from food crops at 5% of total energy in transport. Oxfam is calling on the EU to rule out support for biofuels competing with food for crops, water and land. They are pushing up global food prices and driving people off their land.

EU Finance Ministers’ meeting Brussels

20 June, 2013 - 23:00
Luxembourg
Finance Ministers are expected to review their position on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Strong evidence suggests that a link exists between speculation on commodities by financial counter-parties and greater food price volatility and, in some cases, higher food prices. High and volatile food prices have had a devastating impact in poor and food import dependent countries, causing increased hunger, conflict and instability. Oxfam-in-Belgium will be releasing a report detailing the involvement in food speculation of banks based in the country.

EU Heads of State summit

26 June, 2013 - 23:00 - 27 June, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
EU leaders are expected to discuss the allocation of revenue generated by the EU Financial Transactions Tax.

EU high-level conference on climate change

2 July, 2013 - 23:00 - 3 July, 2013 - 23:00
Brussels
EU Member States will participate in a meeting hosted by Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for Climate Action and Norwegian Environment Minister Baard Vegar Solhjell, along with other states in favour of pushing forward negotiations on a 2015 deal within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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