*[Enwl-eng] What Europe do we want?

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Hi,

We call things historic when they determine our lives for years to come. And 
something truly historic happened on Monday.

As the coronavirus wrecks our lives and livelihoods, the EU has, for the 
first time in our history, taken action as one by acquiring a huge loan, in 
order to pass on the money to those worst affected by the virus. Many 
thought it was impossible, yet our community fought hard to demand what was 
needed as soon as the crisis hit.

Massive amounts of money will soon be transferred - so massive our economies 
could start to move from the ‘old’, to the ‘new’. From a model that upholds 
unequal healthcare, air pollution, the destruction of nature and our 
climate, to a model that is green and fair.

Sadly, the deal agreed upon by our leaders does not support a truly green 
recovery. The fight is not over -- but we only have a few months to turn 
things around. We will fight for governments receiving the money to make 
their investments green and social. We will pressure EU leaders to only 
approve transformative plans, and push back on measures that will require 
austerity. We will call for the loans to be paid back by taxes on the 
biggest corporations, who today often pay less tax than citizens.

To do this we need your help. A regular donation will allow us to be nimble 
and adapt our plans as opportunities arise. Vladimir, can you help our 
WeMove Europe community to continue making history?

      I’ll donate €7
      I’ll donate €14
      I’ll donate €21
      I’ll surprise you!

With your donation there’s a lot we can do. It’s thanks to the donations of 
so many of you that we got this far in the first place! Look at some 
examples of what our community has done to put pressure on decision makers:

  a.. Thousands of us sent emails and tweets to Members of the European 
Parliament to ask them to present our petition in the plenary debate -- and 
it worked!

  b.. Thanks to our community’s donations we took over the prime space of 
Politico, a key media outlet read by national governments' and EU’ 
politicians in the week before an important meeting of all 27 EU heads of 
state and government.

  c.. Our joint campaign with other fantastic organisations also took over 
the homepages of some of the main news sites:

  d.. With WWF Germany, on the 1st July we stood our ground in front of the 
Environment Ministry in Berlin, the day Germany took over the Presidency of 
the European Council. Svenja Schulze, the German Environment Minister, 
listened to our demands and responded officially:

(Thanks to all who support a more sustainable new start of the EU after 
Covid-19. I see this as a great backing. With the climate protection law, 
the coal phase-out and the economic stimulus package, Germany can be proud 
of itself. Now it's time for Europe to stick together and everyone to do 
more for the climate.)


Without your donations none of the above would have happened -- and we 
wouldn’t have made progress. But progress doesn’t mean victory, and the 
investments we can expect with EU money won’t bring the ecological 
transition Europe needs - unless we fight! Could you chip in a few euros to 
give our community a fighting chance?

      I’ll donate €7
      I’ll donate €14
      I’ll donate €21
      I’ll surprise you!

And that’s not all: we saw many more magnificent displays of people power 
across the continent!

  a.. With Avaaz, Transport and Environment, Greenpeace and many other 
awesome organisations, we brought our demands to politicians. This time, it 
was in Brussels at the first in person meeting of the 27 EU leaders, when 
the final agreement was signed. We handed-over a stunning 1.3 million 
signatures, brought together from the WeMove, Avaaz, and Sum of Us 
supporters, to the cabinet of Charles Michel, President of the European 
Council:

  © Eric De Mildt / Greenpeace

  b.. Tens of thousands of us made heads of state and government listen to 
us directly, using Twitter, Facebook or email, just before they held 
preparatory bilateral meetings. That’s the beauty of our community. For 
example, when Macron and Rutte met for dinner, our community served them 
some tasty appetizers, when thousands of us directed our demands to their 
Facebook pages en masse!

The next weeks and months will be intense with a frenzy of negotiations in 
the European and national parliaments, between EU leaders, the European 
Parliament and the Commission. Each one is an opportunity to work towards a 
different tomorrow. We have a huge opportunity ahead of us: we can’t let it 
slip.

The good news is that we are best placed to make a difference. We are a 
European community ready to take action, with campaigners in different EU 
countries ready to deploy the right tactics at the right moment, and with 
strong partners who work with us to deliver our messages. We also have the 
tools to help connect our community to decision makers, by sending them 
direct and personal messages via email, Twitter, Facebook - and even to call 
them on the phone! Your financial support is what makes all of this 
possible, so please chip in a few euros a month.

Let's do this!

David (London), Virginia (Madrid), Anna (London) and the entire WeMove 
Europe team



WeMove Europe is an independent and values-based organisation that seeks to 
build people power to transform Europe in the name of our community, future 
generations and the planet.

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From: David - WeMove Europe
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 6:04 PM
Subject: What Europe do we want?

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