Finance ministers from the 17 Euro member states are set to confirm Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the new chair of the Eurogroup – replacing Jean Claude Juncker – at today’s Eurogroup meeting. Commenting on the decision, Green finance spokesperson Sven Giegold said: “Eurogroup finance minister will today sign off on the fait accompli, […]
Credit rating agencies:
Downgraded deal on new EU rules approved, as opportunity missed for more ambitious regulation
The European Parliament today endorsed a final legislative agreement on new EU rules on credit rating agencies. The Greens believe the new rules represent another step forward for regulating this influential sector but regretted it was not possible to achieve more ambitions provisions change the market structure and to prevent conflicts of interest. Commenting after […]
Tax policy: Irish presidency challenged to deliver on tax avoidance and fraud
The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament today presented the new Irish EU presidency with a ‘call to action’ on EU taxation policy. Highlighting the current loopholes in EU legislation and deficiencies in EU tax policy, the European tax pact sets out concrete measures that need to be taken to tackle tax fraud and evasion […]