On 5 March 2024, to close the series of webinars on EU public finance, a webinar aimed at presenting the Citizens’ Observatory for Green Deal Financing coalition´s vision of EU public finance, as contained in the manifesto on the future of EU public finances, to the whole Bankwatch network members was organized. Two speakers (1 female, 1 male) from Bankwatch looked on the Citizens’ Observatory for Green Deal Financing project recap and shed light on the political context with the most important upcoming highlights such as the EU elections in June 2024, proposal for the next MFF, RRF ending in 2026 and uncertainty with green policies and attack on the European Green Deal.
Second part of the webinar focused on presentation of the manifesto in further details, specifying the thematic chapters and proposals for how to deliver truly transformative investments it contains, as well as how the process of manifesto development went since the Citizens Observatory Forum in Italy in September 2023 until today. Lastly, participants got acquainted with the next steps including finalization and further promotion of the manifesto, as well as possible usage in Bankwatch`s future lobbying and advocacy endeavours.
The webinar was attended by 48 participants in total, out of which 35 were coming from 9 EU countries and did not participate in any of the previous events of this webinar series.
