CDU Chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK) has outlined guidelines for her European policy in a guest article in the newspaper Die Welt. She called for intergovernmentalism and the European community method to be regarded as equal. MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group commented: “This is a breach of tradition that […]
European Parliament demands fundamental overhaul of EU competition policy
Today the European Parliament adopted its annual own-initiative report on EU competition policy by a large cross-party majority. With this report, the European Parliament takes a stand on current developments in competition policy and calls for a fundamental overhaul of EU competition policy for the first time. The report was drafted by the Austrian Green […]
Groundbreaking success for lobby transparency: European Parliament decides clarity on lobbyists’ influence on laws
Dear friends, Dear interested, After years of a long conflict, we achieved today in the European Parliament a great success for more transparency in lobbying: For the first time, Parliament has adopted binding rules on lobby transparency. MEPs involved in new parliamentary decisions must publicly list their meetings with lobbyists (legislative footprint). The decision of […]
Huge success for lobby transparency: European Parliament decides clarity on lobbyists’ influence on laws
The European Parliament today adopted for the first time a binding rule on the transparency of lobbying. MEPs involved in new parliamentary decisions must publicly list their meetings with lobbyists (Legislative Footprint). The decision of the European Parliament within a reform of its Rules of Procedure was taken in a hard-fought and tight vote of […]
Citizenships and visas: EU Commission must set and comply with binding minimum standards against the sale of citizens’ rights
Today, Wednesday, the European Commission warned EU Member States of the controversial “golden passports and visas” programmes that grant residence permits and even citizenship to non-EU citizens in exchange for money and investment. The report of the European Commission published today finally creates more transparency and is also a success of our demands in the […]
Invitation: Conference on Brexit and the future of tax havens
Brexit must become an exit from British tax dumping. The rejection of the Brexit agreement by the British House of Commons has made the modalities of the Brexit even more incalculable. However, for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament it is clear that any future agreement between Britain and the EU must put an […]