{"id":114428,"date":"2024-03-20T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=114428"},"modified":"2024-04-08T02:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:29:53","slug":"chemicals-wg-meeting-10-11october-brussels-online-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-4","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/webinar-can-an-eu-wide-tax-on-extreme-wealth-finance-the-socio-ecological-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Can an EU-wide tax on extreme wealth finance the socio-ecological transformation? &#8211; 4 April &#8211; Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Online Webinar for Members<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>&#8211;\u00a0 Can an EU-wide tax on extreme wealth finance the socio-ecological transformation? &#8211;<\/b><\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 4, 2024<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>10:00 &#8211; 11:30 CET<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Why are youth and climate activists talking about a wealth tax?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a growing interest and debate about a European-wide wealth tax from both academia and civil society. Could this be a viable tool to enable a greener and fairer Europe? How could it be designed? Are there already good practices in Europe? What could we learn from them? How could the youth, environmental and climate movements support it? Climate Action Network Europe, the European Environmental Bureau and the European Youth Forum are inviting their members to discuss and explore a wealth tax as a game changer for Europe with experts in the field. This interactive session is your chance to become an informed voice in this important discussion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don&#8217;t miss out on this crucial conversation! This is just the first of a series focused on taxation options to finance the socio-ecological transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUlfuGgqzguEtMbzw7y8CdP7fUNPOf8WG0M\"><b>Register at this link<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are very pleased to welcome our expert speakers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Chiara Putaturo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a deputy head of office at Oxfam EU<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She will explore the reasoning behind a wealth tax and present the taxation options supported by Oxfam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Quentin Parrinello<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, is a senior policy advisor and spokesperson at EU Tax Observatory.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He will tell us about the global context and the options ahead for the EU: scope, thresholds and progressivity of a net wealth tax in Europe, pros and cons\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Alison Schultz<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a research fellow at the Tax Justice Network<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She will walk us through the path from slogan to reality of a wealth tax on the super rich<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Hana Jalloul Muro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a Member of the Parliament of Madrid, Spain, and deputy and spokesperson for the Foreign Affairs Committee<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She will present a case study on the wealth tax in Spain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Event moderated by Isabelle Brachet, CAN Europe, and Thomas Desdouits, European Youth Forum.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Webinar for Members &#8211;\u00a0 Can an EU-wide tax on extreme wealth finance the socio-ecological transformation? &#8211; April 4, 2024 10:00 &#8211; 11:30 CET &nbsp; Why<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":114451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-114428","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-event","tag-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}