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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 20h

"So far this year, the EU added 39 additional billionaires to its list of nearly 500 ultrawealthy, a new Oxfam report released today finds. To put that more simply, that means a new billionaire was minted every 9 days in the European Union."

Politico's coverage of our report 👇

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20h

In today’s EU Influence:

🇨🇳 The Huawei lobbying scandal is far from over.

💰 The EU’s wealthiest are getting richer.

👨‍💻 A Big Tech lawyer helped pick a Big Tech lobbyist as regulator.

Learn more 👇

Huawei lobbying is back

A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU. By JORDYN DAHL Tips, tales, traumas to [email protected] | View in your browser Welcome back to your weekly dose …

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 20h

"So far this year, the EU added 39 additional billionaires to its list of nearly 500 ultrawealthy, a new Oxfam report released today finds. To put that more simply, that means a new billionaire was minted every 9 days in the European Union."

Politico's coverage of our report 👇

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20h

In today’s EU Influence:

🇨🇳 The Huawei lobbying scandal is far from over.

💰 The EU’s wealthiest are getting richer.

👨‍💻 A Big Tech lawyer helped pick a Big Tech lobbyist as regulator.

Learn more 👇

Huawei lobbying is back

A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU. By JORDYN DAHL Tips, tales, traumas to [email protected] | View in your browser Welcome back to your weekly dose …

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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 21h

🚨REACTION: Oxfam on #GazaCeasefire deal: "This is a desperately needed step towards ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We welcome the release of Israeli hostages and unlawfully detained Palestinians." -Amitabh Behar, Executive Director.

Read our statement: oxf.am/GazaCeasefire

#Gaza #Israel

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 1d

Wealth inequality in Europe keeps rising. A main reason is that income from wealth is taxed much lighter than wages, creating a tax system that is highly regressive at the top. This means that billionaires across Europe have lower taxes rates than normal working people.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

Europe is minting billionaires while millions struggle to make ends meet.

It’s time to rewrite the rules - so everyone pays their fair share.

Join us next Tuesday at the European Parliament to debate this.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 8d

Event: Inequality and taxation of extreme wealth: what role for the EU?

When & Where?
📅 Tuesday, Oct 14 2025 16:15 - 18:15 CEST
🗺️ European Parliament, Room Spaak 4B1

Register 🔗 www.eventbrite.be/e/inequality...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

If that share had been maintained, EU countries would have had €3.6 trillion more in 2023.

That money could be used for public services like houses, schools and hospitals.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

While private wealth has exploded, governments have grown relatively poorer.

In the 1990s, EU governments owned around 10% of total national wealth.

Now it’s just 6%.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

Ten EU countries have no inheritance tax.

Only one - Spain - has a net wealth tax.

That means the super-rich often pay a lower effective tax rate than ordinary people.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

Today, 8 in 10 euros of EU tax revenue come from ordinary Europeans.

🏦Companies contribute just barely 1 euro in 10.
💎 Wealth taxes? About 40 cents.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t by accident.

It’s by design.

For decades, EU governments have cut taxes for the richest and for big corporations - while relying more on taxes paid by ordinary people.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

In 2025, the EU counted nearly 500 billionaires, 39 more than in 2024.

Altogether, the richest 3,600 Europeans now hold as much wealth as the poorest 181 million – equivalent to the populations of Germany, Italy and Spain combined.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

💰 EU billionaires’ wealth surged by €400 billion in just six months — that’s over €2 billion a day.

Meanwhile, ordinary Europeans are paying the price.

Our new report shows how decades of tax policies have favored the super-rich 👇

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#TaxTheRich #ECOFIN

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 1d

2 billion euros a day. 400 billion in 6 months 🤯

One more reason to #TaxTheRich to fund the just transition & climate action!

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 1d

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder to sign up for this event.

Registration closes Friday ⬇️

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 8d

Event: Inequality and taxation of extreme wealth: what role for the EU?

When & Where?
📅 Tuesday, Oct 14 2025 16:15 - 18:15 CEST
🗺️ European Parliament, Room Spaak 4B1

Register 🔗 www.eventbrite.be/e/inequality...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 7d

We are hiring for two roles at the Oxfam EU Office:

✅ Head of Oxfam EU Office

✅ EU Aid Policy Advisor

Deadline: 19 October

Want to be the newest member of our team? Find more information here 👉 oxfam.current-vacancies.com/Careers/Oxfa...

#EUJobs #BrusselsJobs #NGOJobs

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 4d

‼️New Oxfam Tax Report: "A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich".

📆9 October.

The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.

Write to [email protected] for an embargoed copy.

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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 4d

PRESS RELEASE: Two thirds of climate finance is loans, as rich countries profiteer from climate crisis💰

New research finds poor & climate vulnerable countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive.

Report by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social 👉 oxf.am/climate-fina...

Rich countries are treating the climate crisis as a business opportunity, not a moral obligation. They are lending money to the very people they have historically harmed, trapping vulnerable nations in a cycle of debt. This is a form of crisis profiteering. Quote by Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International Climate Policy Lead.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 4d

Red Line Demonstration in Amsterdam draws a quarter of a million people.

#Gaza #RodeLijn

Oxfam Novib @oxfamnovib.bsky.social · 4d

WIJ ZIJN MET MEER❗

#RodeLijn

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 4d

‼️New Oxfam Tax Report: "A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich".

📆9 October.

The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.

Write to [email protected] for an embargoed copy.

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 7d

We are hiring for two roles at the Oxfam EU Office:

✅ Head of Oxfam EU Office

✅ EU Aid Policy Advisor

Deadline: 19 October

Want to be the newest member of our team? Find more information here 👉 oxfam.current-vacancies.com/Careers/Oxfa...

#EUJobs #BrusselsJobs #NGOJobs

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 8d

Event: Inequality and taxation of extreme wealth: what role for the EU?

When & Where?
📅 Tuesday, Oct 14 2025 16:15 - 18:15 CEST
🗺️ European Parliament, Room Spaak 4B1

Register 🔗 www.eventbrite.be/e/inequality...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 7d

Our monthly media advisory is out.

This month, we are keeping an eye on:

✅ New Oxfam Tax Report & Event on a European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich
✅ EU discussions on Gaza & EU-Israel relations at the #FAC & Council
✅#ECOFIN debates on EU's own resources

Read 👉 www.oxfam.org/en/oxfam-eu-...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 8d

Event: Inequality and taxation of extreme wealth: what role for the EU?

When & Where?
📅 Tuesday, Oct 14 2025 16:15 - 18:15 CEST
🗺️ European Parliament, Room Spaak 4B1

Register 🔗 www.eventbrite.be/e/inequality...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 11d

Update: Oxfam has received further info that Tasneem's child, Baqi, was killed on 20th, in the Israeli airstrike which killed her, the couple's other two children & unborn child.

Tasneem's husband, critically injured in the attack, underwent major surgery but succumbed to his injuries.

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 14d

Israeli attacks kill Oxfam partner colleague, destroy clinics in Gaza.

Israel’s destruction of 3 Oxfam partner premises this week underscores the threat to Gaza’s humanitarian workers and facilities, including services to protect pregnant women.

🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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