Member States’ proposed aid funding in 2018 EU Budget is insufficient and attempts to divert money away from those most in need, argue a coalition of development and humanitarian organisations. Today, EU Member States agreed their position on the bloc’s budget for 2018 with a proposal to cut €90million from the development aid budget… » read more
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Dear EU, ending hunger is possible!
July 5, 2017
Smallholder farming is a serious business. It’s time the EU recognised that. By Hanna Saarinen, Oxfam Policy Advisor on Investment in Agriculture More than 30 million people face hunger, with famine only recently pushed back from parts of South Sudan, and still looming in Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. Hundreds of millions more people around the… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, Food, GROW Campaign , agriculture, development aid, EU, EU development policy, small-holder farmers, women |
Tax Transparency Tug of War: whose side are MEPs on?
July 4, 2017
By Aurore Chardonnet & Nina Monjean It is not often the European Parliament can make a difference when it comes to economic inequality. Today, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have a chance to do so. They can either stand up for their citizens, or allow tax havens and big business to continue to get… » read more
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, CBCR, EU, EU Parliament, fair taxation, tax, tax transparency |
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