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⚠️ The latest proposals from @ec.europa.eu for the #MFF have serious repercussions for int’l #development, accelerating the shift towards private finance over the EU’s mandate to reduce poverty & tackle inequalities.
How? See our 🆕report or the 🧵below: www.eurodad.org/mff_blended_...
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⚠️ The latest @ec.europa.eu proposals for int’l development in #MFF will accelerate the shift towards private finance over reducing poverty & tackling inequalities.

For the MFF to continue delivering for the #GlobalSouth, here are 5️⃣measures the EU must implement. concordeurope.org/resource/ble...

🚨 New Report: Taxing fossil fuel profits, not consumers Taxing fossil fuel industry profits would provide a structural signal to investors, discouraging continued investment in fossil fuel activities and reallocating capital in the energy transition,…

🛢️Fossil fuel industry: Gigantic profits
💸Damage they cause? We all pay the bill
💡Solution: Let’s tax big polluters’ profits

➡️Our new study shows taxing fossil profits would not raise consumer prices. Instead, it would reduce shareholder returns, incentivising gradual move of capital to renewables.

Three fixes:
☑️ Refocus & ringfence core priorities (including resilience)
☑️ Limit blending (binding ceiling)
☑️ Make it accountable (stronger EP scrutiny + inequality marker)

Finding #3: accountability is too weak.
Additionality is hard to prove consistently; transparency gaps make scrutiny difficult. Public money can’t run on narrative.

Finding #2: partnerships tilt.
Default blending favours large, investment-driven pipelines. Reporting often can’t show whether support reaches locally embedded firms and value chains—or actors already connected to international capital.

Finding #1: bankability ≠ need.
De-risking logic struggles where EU partnerships matter most: human development, public services, social protection, adaptation/resilience—especially in fragile contexts.

📣 New briefing with @eurodadnews.bsky.social & @concord-europe.bsky.social: EU blended finance & the illusion of development

As Global Europe is redesigned, “mobilise private capital” is becoming the default answer. That’s a political choice, not a technical tweak.

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Global Gateway isn’t about development.

It’s about advancing European capital at the expense of people and the planet. 🌍💥

A new wave of EU infrastructure is being rolled out globally. But who really benefits from it? 👇🧵

Read the blog post we just published: counter-balance.org/news/global-...

They risk complicity in the genocide against Palestinians. This is not diplomacy written in ink, but in blood”. - Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine

Read our full statement here: actionaid.org/news/2026/ac...

“There is no humanitarian solution to genocide and no diplomatic language capable of disguising it. EU leaders must choose – uphold international law or be remembered in history for its collapse. By allowing continued impunity, EU leaders are no longer neutral –

As EU foreign ministers meet today at the Foreign Affairs Council, we urge EU leaders to act now by ending the EU-Israel trade agreement, upholding international law, protecting humanitarian organisations, halting forced displacement, and ensuring Palestinian-led, rights-based reconstruction.

Despite diplomatic rhetoric, Palestinians continue to be killed, starved and forcibly displaced. There is no ceasefire for Palestinians in Gaza, only the next phase of genocide.

🌍 We’re launching our campaign to reclaim Europe’s public bank for the public good.

Right now, the @eib.org is prioritising competitiveness and corporate profit — instead of people, climate justice, and social equity.

Here what we demand 👇🧵

@actionaides.bsky.social @actionaidie.bsky.social @actionaidfr.bsky.social @actionaidnl.bsky.social @actionaidnl.bsky.social

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis continues. Civilians are paying the price.

#EU citizens: help push for a suspension of the EU-Israel agreement until human rights are respected.

Add your voice: bit.ly/4qlG8XY

#JusticeForPalestine

Reclaiming Migration: A Call for Justice, Dignity, and an Anti-Racist Europe Today, on International Migrants Day, we honour the countless people who move – across borders, cities, and continents – in search of safety, opportunity, family, and freedom. Migration is not an exce...

European institutions and Member States must stop governing migration through exclusion and start upholding the values they claim as Europe’s foundation: human rights, equality, and human dignity.

Read our joint statement: actionaid.org/news/2025/re...

Today, on International Migrants Day, we join over 40 NGOs across Europe in calling for a just, dignified and anti-racist approach to migration governance in Europe. We demand a decisive shift: from criminalisation to solidarity and from racialised control to rights and dignity.

Dear Santa… the EU needs help!

🎅 We sent Santa a letter🎅

It starts with school bullies and somehow lands on EU policy-making. #Omnibus #CSDDD #COP30

And honestly… it wasn’t even a stretch.

CSOs is fighting back and Santa will be on our side.
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Intermediate Evaluation of the implementation of the EU's Gender Action Plan III (2021-2027) This evaluation report provides an independent assessment of the implementation of the EU’s Gender Action Plan III over 2021-2024. It focuses on three areas of engagement: Green transition, Digital tr...

And access the full GAP III evaluation here:

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CONCORD’s Position Paper on GAP IV - CONCORD

Earlier this year, we worked with @concord-europe.bsky.social to outline key messages and initial reflections for GAP IV, highlighting what civil society expects in the next phase of the EU’s gender equality commitments. You can read those here: concordeurope.org/resource/con...

📣 The European Commission has just published its evaluation of GAP III, an important milestone as discussions begin on the next EU Gender Action Plan.

YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe The deregulator

Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀

It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:

1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy

Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️

#Deregulator

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🌍 The stakes go far beyond one directive. They touch the future of Europe’s social, environmental and human-rights protections.

⚠️ Worryingly, this shift comes amid growing US corporate pressure and a new far-right–backed majority in the European Parliament. Together, they’re creating the long-term risk of a “Trumpification” of EU policymaking.

🚨 EU negotiators have reached a political agreement on Omnibus I.

If approved, Omnibus I would weaken the duties big companies have to identify and address risks in their supply chains, risks that fall hardest on workers, small suppliers and frontline communities.

Last night’s #2040Target trilogue agreement had the tricky task of balancing conflicting positions on aspects relating to the controversial introduction of international credits to meet the target:

#EndVAW #16Days #GenderEquality

Credits: @actionaidfr.bsky.social @axsolidaridad.bsky.social

Over the last days, people across the EU filled the streets to call for an end to violence against women.

According to the EIGE 2025 Gender Equality Index, domestic violence remains widespread and underreported across the EU – a reminder of why our voices and actions matter.

The next MFF is not just a budget! It is the foundation for the EU’s role in shaping a just, equal, and sustainable world 🌟

Check out our analysis of the Commission’s proposal to learn more about the opportunities and risks for EU external action: concordeurope.org/resource/ana...