18th of January – 18:00h to 21:00 – Dompfarrsaal: Domplatz 12, 60311 Frankfurt am Main Link to PDF version: https://sven-giegold.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17-12-27-SAVE-THE-DATE_updated-version.pdf Europe is designing new rules for Green and sustainable finance. The European Parliament’s report on Sustainable Finance is currently being prepared under Green party rapporteurship. Join this event to discuss the report’s first draft directly […]
Reform of the Eurozone: Commission supports Macron instead of Merkel
Today, the Commission presented its so-called “St. Nicholas package” on the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union. The proposal includes the creation of a European Monetary Fund (EMF), integrated into the legal framework of the EU. The EMF shall emanate from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and help out Member States and banks facing […]
Tax Havens: EU Finance Ministers agree on whitewashed Blacklist
Today, the EU Finance Ministers approved two EU lists of jurisdictions that are non-cooperative in taxation matters. The first list (blacklist) names 17 countries which have not responded to information requests from the Council or which have not committed themselves to make their tax policy compliant with EU criteria. The second list (grey list) contains […]
Delegation to Malta on the rule of law
During the last two days a delegation of the European Parliament has visited Malta in a fact finding mission on the rule of law in Malta. The delegation followed the brutal murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the implication of members of the government in the Panama Papers without any consequences or prosecutions. The European […]
Rule of Law in Malta: Advisory Firm Nexia BT refuses to meet MEPs
Just before the start of the mission of a delegation of the European Parliament to investigate the rule of law in Malta, the audit, tax and advisory firm Nexia BT has transmitted its rejection to meet with Members of the European Parliament. MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group […]
European Parliament calls on Commission to foster competition and consumer protection in financial markets
On Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report on Retail Financial Services by a broad majority. With this report, the European Parliament is responding to the EU Commission’s Action Plan to facilitate cross-border financial services on European financial markets. The report that stands in the broader context of the Capital Market Union legislation and […]