An international consortium of journalists has today published further revelations on the stories being investigated by the murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The reports come from the Daphne Project, which is following up on the work of the journalist. New leaks show that the Maltese anti-money laundering agency (FIAU) had reason to suspect that […]

Today, the ECB published its decision on the recommendations by the EU Ombudswoman Emily O’Reilly. The Ombudswoman recommended that the ECB terminates Mario Draghi’s membership of the Group of Thirty (G30), an intransparent association of managers of big banks, central bankers and some academics. Emily O’Reilly followed a complaint from the NGO Corporate Observatory (CEO). […]

Members of the TAX3 special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance decided Monday night to abandon a hearing with EU Commissioner for Justice Vera Jourova, as she did not appear to the meeting and sent a civil servant to speak on her behalf although she was in the Parliament building. The Greens/EFA […]

After the closure of the ABLV bank in Latvia the Citadel Bank will be put as third largest Latvian lender under direct supervision of the ECB. MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group, wrote a letter to the ECB and calls for a rigorous entry check for financial crime: “After […]

Below you find the resolution as voted yesterday and prepared by the services of the Parliament. MEP Sven Giegold, Parliament’s rapporteur on “transparency, integrity and accountability of EU institutions” commented: “This is a big blow for the Commission. A large majority calls on the European Commission to reopen the appointment procedure for the Secretary General. […]