December 2019 - Sven Giegold - Mitglied der Grünen Fraktion im Europaparlament

19. December 2019

Drinking Water Directive: Europe will benefit from public drinking water dispensers and cleaner water

The first successful European citizens’ initiative “Right2Water” will become European law. Yesterday (Wednesday, 18 December), the representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of Member States and the European Commission agreed on stricter limits for lead and endocrine disruptors…

18. December 2019

Malta: Parliament vote shows Commission must begin Rule of Law dialogue

Today, on the initiative of the Greens/EFA group, the European Parliament has just voted with very large majority (only the extreme right abstained) on a resolution on the Rule of Law in Malta, after the recent revelations around the…

17. December 2019

EU Drinking Water Directive: Last round of negotiations, tomorrow, Wednesday, 18 December

Dear correspondents and journalists, The first successful European citizens’ initiative “Right2Water” becomes European law. Once again, important decisions for citizens and the environment are taken by the Brussels institutions – largely unnoticed by the public. In the course of the…

17. December 2019

Classification of Sustainable Investments: Happy End without nuclear greenwashing

Yesterday evening, on 16 December, the European Parliament’s negotiating team accepted a compromise proposal from the Council of Ministers on the classification of sustainable investments (taxonomy). The text is based on the agreement reached by the Member States in…

16. December 2019

Malta: European Parliament demands investigation in the framework of the rule of law mechanism

On Tuesday, the European Parliament and the European Commission will debate the state of the rule of law in Malta. The plenary in Strasbourg will then vote on a resolution on Thursday. The resolution follows the visit of a…

12. December 2019

Conflicts of interest: ECON Committee demands to ban contacts with Farkas as future bank lobbyist

Today, on 12 December, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted a resolution on “Institutions and bodies in the Economic and Monetary Union: Preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest”. This resolution is the European Parliament’s…