70 percent of EU citizens believe the institutions of the Union to be corrupt. The European Commission’s first anti-corruption report puts the losses caused by bribery across Europe at EUR 120 billion per year. It is to be assumed that “corrupt” is understood by citizen also in the sense of political corruption, conflicts of interest, […]
Press release of the Greek Greens
ECOLOGIST GREENS – GREECE Faced with today’s important vote in parliament on the draft law concerning the Greek proposal to the institutions and empowering for the final deal, the Ecologists Greens issued an open letter with six points to the Prime Minister and the Greek Government: 1. We remain firmly in favor of the euro […]
Future of EMU Five Presidents’ Plan falls far short
The presidents of the European Commission, European Council, European Central Bank, Eurogroup and the European Parliament today published a report on further deepening economic and monetary union. However the report lacks in new content and impetus and merely calls for strengthening already established procedures such as the European Semester and the macroeconomic imbalance procedure. Greens/EFA […]
Your concerns regarding the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM)
The ECB has been mandated by the SSM Regulation to promote safety and soundness of banks established in participating Member States, with the more general goal of ensuring financial stability and promoting sustainable financial integration. On Thursday, 25 June 2015 Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB will come to the first […]
EU tax policy Commission continues softly, softly approach to corporate tax avoidance
The European Commission today held an orientation debate on corporate taxation policy, ahead of anticipated legislative proposals in the coming weeks. Commenting on the leaked proposals on the table, Green tax policy spokesperson Sven Giegold said: “These proposals undermine the credibility and commitment of the Juncker Commission in tax matters. A crucial measure for […]
Wanted: Campaigner Tax Justice
The Greens/EFA group has decided to establish six policy priorities for at least two years. I convinced the group to make “Tax Justice” one of these priorities. This priority targets corporate tax avoidance practices, tax avoidance and evasion by rich individuals as well as tax dumping by member states. With this priority the group aims […]