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Meeting today in Brussels, European Finance Ministers failed to take bold action against tax evasion and avoidance, leaving a great deal still to be achieved at next week’s EU leaders’ summ

The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU struck last night a deal on transparency of extractives industries.

Today, the European Commission published its first Communication on the impact of EU biofuels policy on food security and land rights in developing countries.

The European Commission's consultative communication published today marks t

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:

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’

International development agency Oxfam and the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) welcome the European Commi

In reaction to the Council’s conclusions on a renewable energy strategy for Europe beyond 2020 adopted in Brussels today by Energy Ministers, Marc Olivier Herman, Oxfam’s EU Policy Adviser

European Tax Commissioner Algirdas Semeta today announced that all legal conditions are now met for a pioneer g

Today, at a meeting of EU Finance Ministers in Luxembourg, Commissioner Algirdas Semeta announced that another four countries are in support of moving forward with a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT