Sign here: https://www.change.org/save-the-eu-green-deal Dear friends, dear interested The European election was the first-ever climate election. Millions of people took to the streets. Their demand to politicians: Finally take the climate crisis and science seriously! However, it turns out that these calls were not actually heard. The new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched […]
Breakthrough for more transparency in the European agencies
Dear friends, dear interested, This means a breakthrough for more transparency: In response to my question, Fausto Parente, Executive Director of the European Insurance Supervisory Authority EIOPA, committed yesterday that his authority will make its central decision-making processes more transparent in the future. In particular, it will start disclosing how the representatives of the individual […]
Inflation definition of the ECB: Exploding housing costs can no longer be ignored
Dear friends, dear interested, Lately, rents and residential real estate prices in most areas have known only one direction: steeply upwards. But while citizens groan under the exploding costs, officials at the ECB have paradoxically been complaining about too low rates of inflation for a long time. This is in part because housing costs have […]
Sustainable Finance: Von der Leyen and Timmermans must save the credibility of the Green Deal
This week, the EU Commission is finalising the first delegated act to shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. These “taxonomy rules” will determine which financial products and investments can be labelled as green and sustainable and which cannot. Recently, plans by the Commission to significantly soften the original science-based proposals under pressure from member states […]
Open letter for credible Sustainable Finance rules: Public pressure has to increase further
Dear friends, dear signatories, To date, almost 1000 people have signed our call to the European Commission for credible Sustainable Finance rules, including over 250 industry experts. This sends a strong signal to the Commission that it is risking to fundamentally damage the important European Sustainable Finance project. Today we officially sent the open letter […]
Global minimum tax: Scholz and Le Maire should support a tax rate of 21 percent
Today, the G20 finance ministers are discussing a global minimum tax on corporate profits. On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Yellen had proposed a tax rate of 21 percent. Olaf Scholz left it open in his reaction yesterday whether he supports a tax rate at this level. Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the […]