Sven Giegold

Month: June 2021

Cyprus announces veto on minimum effective corporate taxation: Europe must act now

June 3. The Economic and Monetary Affairs committee of the European Parliament has just held an exchange of views with Constantinos Petrides, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus. His governing party is a member of the European People’s Party (EPP). When I asked him about his country’s support for a minimum effective corporate […]

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EU agreement on public country-by-country reporting: a milestone for greater tax justice!

1 June. Negotiators from the Council and the European Parliament have just agreed on a compromise text for public country-by-country reporting by multinational companies. Companies operating in Europe with a total consolidated turnover of more than €750 million in the last two consecutive financial years will have to disclose relevant tax information by country. This […]

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Open Letter to the EU Commission for credible Sustainable Finance Rules

Personal letter from actors in the field of Sustainable Finance (Background information/ Sign here!) Dear Commissioner McGuinness, Dear Vice-President Dombrovskis, We are writing to you today as providers, investors and other professional stakeholders in the Sustainable Finance sector. In these weeks, the European Commission, in close consultation with the Member States, will decide on the […]

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