*[Enwl-eng] They’re listening to us!

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      We’ve had a huge breakthrough in our campaign to get coronabonds set up to protect Europe’s most vulnerable people. Now, we need to make sure the bonds work and that they’re green, so saving people’s livelihoods doesn’t mean hurting our planet. Can you chip in to keep the campaign going? 

      DONATE NOW 
Hi,

Well, they said we couldn’t do it. When we began our campaign to back coronabonds - a vital tool for EU solidarity to tackle poverty caused by coronavirus - lots of people told us the campaign would never succeed. The idea was just too radical.

But they were wrong. Just a few weeks ago, when the European Commission announced the recovery plan for Europe, coronabonds were part of the proposal! [1]

The announcement of the bonds is an unprecedented first step. And we got this far because of people power. 320,000 of us signed a petition and thousands messaged MEPs before a critical vote, to tell them to back the bonds.

There is still lots of work to do, because even though the Commission’s proposal is ambitious, it is still just that - a proposal. And while we have some key governments on our side (Germany, France, and Italy), we also have some big opponents to tackle. [2] We are looking at least another year of campaigning and are now planning our next steps. If each of us donate just a few euros each month, we can be much more confident to dream big for this campaign, knowing the WeMove community is backing this plan.

Can you chip in, so we can challenge European leaders to take the steps we need to make coronavirus recovery the start of a fairer, greener Europe for all of us? 

            I'll chip in! 
     

We need to continue the political work with partners -- to make sure that the bonds come with “green strings”, so there’s no risk they’ll be invested in industries which hurt the planet. Second, we need to make sure the bonds are used wisely to make life better for ordinary Europeans, not big business.

We also need to make sure that we are telling everyone we know about this campaign and bringing them with us. We need to convince young people just how important this is. And that means going to them -- on social media. We’ll use social media to spread the word, and bring even more people on board with the campaign -- this means hiring someone who knows these tools and putting aside an advertising budget to make sure our campaign is being seen far and wide.

To make the campaign work, we need to be able to plan for the next twelve months. We need to know the WeMove team can commit for the long-term. It’s essential we have the resources to plan ahead. Can you chip in so we can make sure we get the coronabonds we need?

            Yes, I'll donate! 
     

If someone had told us in January of this year that European countries would be coming together over a massive plan of European solidarity, it would have been almost impossible to believe. But this moment in history is a tipping point for humanity, one that we have the chance to make sure tips in favor of people and planet.

Proud to be together in this,

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



PS: This is one of WeMove’s biggest-ever campaign success stories. Hundreds of thousands of us played a part. We were even mentioned by an MEP in the European Parliament! But there’s still more we can do, if we have the resources to do it. Become a monthly donor now so we can cover the costs of taking our campaign up a level, and getting the best version of coronabonds possible.



References:
[1] https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/‘next-generation-eu’-boldly-goes-where-no-eu-plan-has-gone-misses-‘green’-final-frontier
[2] https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/18/macron-and-merkel-back-eu-bond-to-raise-500-billion-for-covid-19-recovery-plan



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From: David - WeMove Europe 
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 6:42 PM
Subject: They’re listening to us!

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