Sven Giegold

Month: August 2020

Online Conference: “Green transition of the chemical industry” with the EU Environment Commissioner on Tue, 1/9, 10-12:30

By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben Dear friends, dear interested, When I ran for the European Parliament in 2019, I had announced that I would devote a great deal of attention to the issue of chemicals policy in Europe and a toxic-free environment. In the meantime, […]

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Our letters to the Commission: Chemical Strategy for Sustainability must not be weakened

Dear friends, dear interested, Recent press reports suggest that the European Chemical Strategy for Sustainability might be substantially weakened by the Commission’s Directorate-General for industry matters (DG GROW). Together with my colleagues Maria Arena (Social Democrats) and Frédérique Ries (Liberals) I have written letters to the Commission on this issue. Our letters addressed Commissioners Sinkevičius […]

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Our letter to the Presidency: Ending the German blockade of tax transparency

Dear friends, dear interested We can no longer afford tax dumping in the interest of large companies in Europe. Public funds are and will remain heavily strained through the corona crisis. It would be easy to wash billions of fair taxes into the coffers of EU member states with the help of binding public tax […]

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