Transparency International’s newest study on the careers of 485 former Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and 27 former EU Commissioners shows how many of those politicians afterwards become lobbyists. 30 percent of former MEPs and more than 50 percent of former Commissioners work by now for organisations on the Transparency Register for lobbyists. […]
ECON votes on Banking Union report: MEPs want financial reforms to continue
The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament today voted on an initiative report assessing the state of play of the Banking Union. The report adopted today includes requests for solutions to the problems connected with non-performing loans (NPLs), too-big-to-fail institutions, and excessive variability of bank-internal risk-weighting models. The final text also […]
Eurogroup should give green light for Greece before election season
The Eurogroup meets tomorrow to discuss the ongoing second review of Greece’s economic adjustment programme. The Greens are calling for the quick resumption of the negotiations and the conclusion of the second review before March 2017, and demanding there be no further pressure on Greece to enact damaging economic reforms. Commenting ahead of the […]
Tax evasion: New report looks at the role of the middle-men
The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament has today published a report looking at the role of intermediaries (banks, accountants, lawyers) in tax evasion. The report draws on data from the database, created by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists using data from the Panama Papers, Bahamas Leaks and Offshore Leaks. The vast […]
European Parliament sends Commission back to the drawing board on money-laundering blacklist
The European Parliament today rejected a delegated act on third countries at high-risk of money laundering, and has urged the Commission to make a new assessment on which countries should be included on the blacklist. The fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD), adopted in 2015, empowers the Commission to identify high-risk third countries. The blacklist rejected […]
British and German Greens Unite to Oppose Threats from Philip Hammond
British and German Greens working on economic and tax affairs have issued a joint statement before the expected speech by Prime Minister Theresa May outlining her plan for the Brexit negotiations. They jointly oppose the destructive approach to the Brexit negotiations outlined by Chancellor Philip Hammond in his interview with the German daily “Die Welt”. […]