The way how Martin Selmayr was appointed puts the European institutions into disrespect. If this procedure was corresponding to the rules, the rules have to be changed. Not only in the Commission also in the Parliament open tenders should be used without exemptions. All positions should go to the best qualified not to the best […]
Tax avoidance: European Commission finally names and shames 7 Member States
The Greens/EFA group has welcomed a series of reports from the European Commission, naming and shaming seven EU member states for their role in facilitating tax avoidance. The Commission used today’s Member States reports – part of their EU semester package – to single out Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands […]
Bulgaria: New study highlights corruption and calls for action at EU level
A new report commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament shows that much more ambition is required in the fight against corruption within Bulgaria and at EU level. The report, which comes shortly after Bulgaria takes on the presidency of the EU, looks at the strong ties between the Bulgarian government, oligarchs, banks […]
Tough Malta mission report of the European Parliament
Today, the European Parliament published the report of its “rule of law” mission to Malta. The report followed the implications of members of the current government in the Panama Papers, the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and concerns over the rule of law in Malta. The common report of a cross party […]
INVITATION: Europe’s new rules for Green Finance
8th of January – 18:00h to 21:00 – Dompfarrsaal: Domplatz 12, 60311 Frankfurt am Main Link to PDF version: http://bit.ly/greenfinance-18Jan18 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 […]
Whistleblower Jonathan Ferris needs full police protection
After the visit of the delegation of the European Parliament Sven Giegold, co-initiator of the mission and participant of the Greens/EFA group declares: „Jonathan Ferris has made an important contribution to our fact finding mission. We were concerned to learn that he fears for the safety of himself and his family. The leader of our […]