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Month: November 2020

Ursula von der Leyen refuses consistent action against EU visas for sale

European civil rights are for sale through golden passports and golden visas. After the economic crisis, Cyprus and Malta started to grant citizenships for money. In Cyprus, an investment of 2 million euros in a property or a company and the deposit of 200,000 euros in two state funds is enough. Since 2013, golden passports […]

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Our letter to the Portuguese presidency on the need to prioritise tax justice

Dear interested, The German presidency of the Council of the European Union has been unwilling to bring public tax transparency for multinational companies to a vote, thus blocking the legislative process from going forward. Together with 20 Members of the European Parliament from the Greens/EFA group I have sent the following letter to the Portuguese […]

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Gabriel Zucman à la tête du nouvel Observatoire européen de la politique fiscale !

Chers ami.e.s, chers intéressé.e.s, Maintenant c’est officiel : il y aura un observatoire européen des impôts dirigé par le célèbre économiste fiscal progressiste Gabriel Zucman ! Cela permettra de mettre en œuvre une idée des Verts, que nous avons lancée en octobre 2019 avec les socialistes et les libéraux au Parlement européen. C’est une excellente […]

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Gabriel Zucman to lead new European Tax Observatory!

Dear friends and all those who are interested, It is now official: there will be a European Tax Observatory headed by the renowned progressive tax economist Gabriel Zucman! This will implement an idea of us Greens, which we launched in October 2019 together with Social Democrats and Liberals in the European Parliament. That is great […]

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Europe Calling “Black Box Council – New insights into the secret decision-making in the Council” – Mon, 30 Nov 2020, 10-11.30 CET

Recording By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben Dear friends, dear interested, On Sunday, Investigate Europe will publish its latest research on the striking intransparency within the European Council. On Monday, Investigate Europe’s senior journalist Harald Schumann will present the findings in our public webinar.  There is […]

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Budget blockade by Hungary/Poland: EU Council Presidency should start “enhanced cooperation” to ensure corona aid flows

Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbàn and Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki meet in Budapest to discuss their approach to their EU budget blockade. So far, the two countries are blocking the disbursement of urgently needed funds from the Corona recovery programs because they do not accept the rule of law mechanism. The EU heads of […]

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