Sven Giegold

Month: March 2021

Europe’s air is getting cleaner! European Parliament votes for stricter limit values

Dear friends, dear interested,   A great success for our health and environment! The European Parliament adopted yesterday evening (March 25, 2021) a strong report on the implementation of EU rules on air quality. After months of work, it is a deeply green report full of green proposals! We find: Europe’s clean air laws are […]

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My plenary speech on the Rule of law in Malta: justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia

Today, the European Parliament held a plenary session to address the rule of law in Malta and recent developments in the investigation of the assassination of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Reason for the last-minute addition to the plenary agenda was the arrest of Keith Schembri, former head of cabinet of the Maltese Prime […]

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Greens call on the European Commission to not put the credibility of the Sustainable Finance rules at risk

Yesterday, 24 March 2021, Bas Eickhout, co-rapporteur of the Taxonomy Regulation and Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group have sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President Frans Timmermanns and Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness. They call on the Commission to refrain from any […]

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Invitation: Clean Air Party on Zoom! Let’s watch the final vote together. TODAY, 7pm.

Join us at 7 pm here! Dear friends, dear interested,  Today, the European Parliament will adopt an ambitious Air Quality Implementation Report! You can find the details of this success here: https://sven-giegold.de/en/eu-environment-committee-votes-for-cleaner-air/ We send a strong signal to the Commission and Member States for clean air and better enforcement of EU laws! A progressive majority […]

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Daphne Caruana Galizia: European Parliament to debate the rule of law in Malta

Dear friends and all those who are interested, This Thursday (25/3/2021) the European Parliament will discuss the rule of law in Malta and recent developments in the investigation of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Commission is expected to give a statement on the matter. Reason for the last-minute addition to the plenary agenda […]

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200+ finance professionals call for credible rules in an open letter to the EU Commission

The EU Commission is currently finalising the delegated acts that shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. The so-called taxonomy will determine which financial products and investments can be labelled as green and sustainable and which cannot. The European Parliament and the EU member states had negotiated for a long time and found a good compromise […]

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