Washington, May 29 -- Today civil society organisations in Brussels are calling on European countries to raise their ambition after the release of a "deeply disappointing" collective EU position in the Council Conclusions "ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development", taking place in Spain next month. Today civil society organisations in Brussels are calling on European countries to raise their ambition after the release of a "deeply disappointing" collective EU position in the Council Conclusions "ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development", taking place in Spain next month.

The Conference will bring together governments from around the world to tackle issues such as sovereign deb...