
María José Romero
@ma_jose_romero
Montevideo & Brussels. Ciencia política (UdelaR/URU) & PhD in international development (SOAS/UK). Work at @eurodad on development finance. Tweets personal.
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18-06-2017 15:50:01
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❗️#FfD4 is the only space w/ the potential to bring fairness & justice into global economic governance. We handed Jozef Síkela a letter signed by 264 orgs & individuals calling for the #EU to commit to transformative financial architecture #reform ow.ly/BJp450VJybw


As negotiations on #ODA in New York today, read why we + @oxfameu, CONCORD & other CSOs are pushing for the United Nations to take a new role in the governance of #aid in EUobserver. euobserver.com/*/ar53e853f4

The debt and climate crises are deeply connected. We can’t solve one without the other. A new article by Oil Change International, Christian Aid Rebecca Thissen Oil Change International lays it out: climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/wit… #Seville2025 #DebtJustice #ClimateFinance #JustTransition

MEP Pajin Socialistas Europarl on #FfD4 Summit: “We live in a time of multiple crises; we must act now; #FfD4 must not be another conference, it must be a turning point 4 the financing of the #SDGs”. This is right - a reform of the intl. financial architecture is needed #EraOfJustice


We welcome the @EuroParl_EN #Development Committee's support for a United Nations #DebtConvention in today's historical #FfD4 vote. The UN is the only 🌍 institution with equal representation & can guarantee that creditors' interests aren't prioritised over the needs of millions! A 🧵


Ahead of #FfD4, pleased to deliver this message today at the DEVE Committee Press. The #EP must hold EU institutions to account for their positions in the run-up to the Conference in Sevilla. Watch the recording: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…

For >15 yrs we've heard OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives DAC leadership promise to democratise decision making on #ODA & Carsten Staur did the same today at European Parliament. But #FfD4 is THE place to begin the int'l cooperation democratisation process, under the auspices of United Nations. ➡️ csoforffd.org/resources/time…


The EU Council is expected to publish its conclusions on #FfD4 next Monday. 🇪🇺 is under pressure to honour its commitments to multilateralism & show the political will that is needed for progress. Read our OpEd w/ ActionAid EU & Oxfam EU: euobserver.com/news/ar2474eeac via EUobserver


🇪🇺’s neoliberal crisis is driving it to grab Africa’s resources for energy and industrial competitiveness. Making Africa pay the price for Europe’s prosperity? That’s the old colonial model, repackaged in the #GlobalGateway. Alexandra Gerasimcikova & Paul Okumu for Africa Is a Country

⚠️The #EU is not going to deliver the ambition needed for Sevilla, unless they show more ambition in the remaining. +/- 40 days. Read our joint reaction with Oxfam EU & ActionAid EU to the EU Council Conclusions 👉ow.ly/NSHX50VYNo1


Today’s EU Council Conclusions are disappointing, but EU countries can still show more ambition in the 40 days left until #Ffd4. Read our joint reaction with Eurodad & ActionAid EU 👇 oxfam.org/en/press-relea…


#Openletter by DAC-CSO Reference Group to Carsten Staur Carsten Staur: Today, as the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives meets, our coalition of civil society orgs is demanding a new development paradigm that prioritizes the voices of the global south & centered around a reinforced @UnitedNations. devex.com/news/open-lett…

#FfD4 will set the agenda for how the global economic system will serve #development in the coming years. European governments should show the political will that is needed for #EconomicJustice. The time is now! ⏰ Read our OpEd via POLITICOEurope: politico.eu/sponsored-cont…





"Instead of a commitment to redress the imbalances of a creditor-dominated system, the outcome is a weak mandate that some want to limit further to an annual discussion in New York." NEW Iolanda Fresnillo on the FfD4 outcome document, Compromiso de Sevilla phenomenalworld.org/analysis/whos-…

The 'billions to trillions' doctrine was alive & kicking at #FfD4. But high-risk policies aimed at attracting private investors can have a negative impact on #SustainableDevelopment & #HumanRights. Read María José Romero's analysis in Phenomenal World phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-p…



#FfD4Sevilla turned into a watered down consensus, reflecting lowest common denominator of multilateralism in times of tense geopolitics, argue María José Romero & JeanLetitia Saldanha, of Eurodad Read our guest wrap up of #FfD4: tinyurl.com/FfD4Wrap-up