At tonight’s trilogue meeting of the European Parliament, EU Commission and Council of Member States on whistleblower protection, a deal is considered likely. The crucial point is whether whistleblowers are forced to report internally in order to be guaranteed legal protection in the event of subsequent external reports to supervisors, or later to press or […]
Pro-European list rejected for European election: Romania must allow fair and free EU elections
In Romania, the “Central Electoral Office” did not approve the joint list “Alliance 2020 USR PLUS” of the two political parties USR and PLUS for the European elections. MEP Sven Giegold, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions and spokesperson for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in the European Parliament, commented: […]
Strong sign against male dominance in EU top finance positions: European Parliament postpones appointments
The European Commission and the Council have again shortlisted only men for the most recent nominations for top positions in EU financial authorities, despite earlier appeals by the European Parliament for more gender balance. Following last week’s votes in the ECON Committee on the appointment of José Manuel Campa as Chairman of the European Banking […]
EU top positions in finance: High time for equal rights rather than red roses
The European Commission and the Council have again shortlisted only men for the most recent three nominations for top positions in EU financial authorities, despite earlier appeals by the European Parliament for more gender balance. Following last week’s votes in the ECON Committee on the appointment of José Manuel Campa as Chairperson of the European […]
Whistleblower: Blockade by German and French governments loses supporters
Last night a trilogue meeting of the European Parliament, the EU Commission and the Council failed to reach the hoped-for agreement on European minimum protection for whistleblowers. The Council continued to insist on the obligation for whistleblowers to report first to their own company or authority (first stage), before they can turn to an external […]
LEAK: French-German proposal on eurozone budget only provides alibi stabilisation
Last week, the German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and his French colleague Bruno Le Maire agreed on a compromise proposal for a eurozone budgetary instrument. The new budget is to be anchored in the EU-budget and open to countries joining the eurozone. The funds will come from the euro countries, possibly from revenues from a […]