Oxfam EU’s monthly media advisory provides an update on what EU stories, moments and events Oxfam is keeping its eye on. Please get in touch for interview requests, statements, background information and embargoed copies of upcoming reports.
Oxfam experts are also available to comment on the situation in Gaza, the EU’s budget and impact on development and humanitarian aid, the EU’s new Global Gateway initiative and the EU’s deregulation drive with respect to its impact on the EU’s rules on supply chains (CSDDD).
Upcoming moments
June
15 to 17 June – G7 – Press Release & Media Reaction(s): Oxfam will issue a curtain‑raiser to set the stage for the G7 discussions and react to key decisions during the summit.
17 to 20 June – Palestine – Comment: Oxfam will follow the upcoming UN High-Level Conference on the Two-State Solution, scheduled for mid-June in New York. Please reach out for a comment or more information.
19 June – Tax the Rich – Poll & Media Briefing: Oxfam and Greenpeace will publish the results of a global poll on taxing fossil fuel companies to pay for the climate crisis and updated research on the excess profits tax on fossil fuel companies during the Bonn Intersessional. Reach out for more information.
23 June – EU-IL Association Agreement – Comment: Oxfam will follow discussions on the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement pending its tabling at the FAC.
23 June – Finance for Development – Media Brief, Press Release & Events: Oxfam will be at the FfD4 in Sevilla. Ahead of it, Oxfam will publish a media brief critiquing the reliance on private financing for development and call on country negotiators to finance public services. At the conference, Oxfam will host several side events on feminist financing, inequality, tax frameworks, and multilateralism under oligarchy.
24 June – Commission’s Annual Report on Taxation – Comment: Oxfam will follow the presentation of the European Commission’s Annual Report on Taxation. Oxfam’s tax expert, Chiara Putaturo, is available for comment.
27 June – AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference – Comment: Oxfam will follow this meeting of African Union and European Union ministers. Oxfam's EU food expert, Hanna Saarinen, is available for comment.
July
Date TBC – Annual SOFI Report – Media Reaction: Oxfam will publish a media reaction following the publication of FAO’s latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. Oxfam’s EU food expert, Hanna Saarinen, is available for comment.
16 July – Commission Proposal on MFF – Comment: Oxfam will follow the Commission’s proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework, assessing its implications for climate action, poverty reduction, and humanitarian funding. Oxfam experts are available for comment.
Contact information
Jade Tenwick (on leave until 2 June) | Brussels, Belgium | jade.tenwick@oxfam.org | mobile +32 473 56 22 60 | Personal (WhatsApp only) +32 484 81 22 94
Giulia Melchionda | Brussels, Belgium | giulia.melchionda@oxfam.org |
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