21 April 2010

The two-day CAN Europe spring General Assembly took place in April 2010 in Brussels. The policy discussions covered, among other things, strategic planning for the Post-Copenhagen-era, attacks on science, EU policy updates and presentations on long-term scenarios. Questions concerning CAN-E statutes, organisation and membership development were addressed in the formal part of the assembly.

See the photos here.

26 March 2010

Recently Robin Hood and his Merry Band left the forests of Sherwood to descend upon Brussels to send a message to European leaders as they gathered to discuss jobs, growth and climate change at the Spring Summit. A tug of war between bankers on one side – calling for leaders to ‘save our bonuses’ – and Robin Hood and his Merry Band on the other, took place in front of the European Parliament. Dozens of journalists and camera crews pitched up to see the EU leaders caught in the middle, wondering whose band to join.  Some supportive MEPs also strapped on their green masks to support the campaign - Robin’s arrows had already hit the European Parliament. They recently voted in favor of a resolution on “making financial transactions taxes work” by a massive 536-80. The resolution calls upon the European Commission to explore how to implement such taxes in the best way possible, which is critical before the next G20 meeting. Who won the tug of war? Click here for more photos of the event. 

Photos (C) Tineke D'haese/Oxfam

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09 March 2010

 Copenhagen Side Event Poster (4.5 MB)

 Copenhagen Side Event Presentation T. Spencer (Dec. 2009) (357.33 kB)

 Copenhagen Side Event Presentation C. Henschel (Dec. 2009) (933.1 kB)

 Copenhagen Side Event Presentation M. Schaeffer (Dec. 2009) (2.17 MB)

06 October 2009

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