In the light of the recent trade conflict with the United States Yannick Jadot and Sven Giegold have written a common letter to EU trade commissioner Malmström. The letter is documented below. Dear Commissioner Malmström, We are highly concerned by the escalation of the trade conflict between the United States of America and our […]
Initiative report on sustainable finance: Green success for financial reform
Today the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) adopted its own-initiative report on Sustainable Finance. The report was drafted by Green rapporteur Molly Scott Cato (UK) and supported by a large majority of Greens, Christian Democrats (EPP), Social Democrats (S&D) and Left Party (GUE) , while liberals (ALDE) voted against. The aim of […]
Victory for the protection of whistleblowers
Whistleblowers should be better protected in the future. The European Commission presented its draft directive today. It takes up key demands of the Greens/EFA Group, which took the initiative for better protection of whistleblowers against the background of the trial against the LuxLeaks whistleblower Antoine Deltour on 4 May 2016. Greens/EFA had also presented an […]
EU-Register for Lobbyists: Giegold demands transparent transparency negotiations
Tuesday evening, 17 April 2018, EU Commission, European Parliament and Council met for the first negotiation on the EU Transparency Register on the political level. The meeting led to a hard confrontation: While the Commission delivered ambitious lip services intending to make the Transparency Register “mandatory”, neither Parliament nor Council offered enough to make this […]
ECB delegitimises its own independence
Today, the ECB published its decision on the recommendations by the EU Ombudswoman Emily O’Reilly. The Ombudswoman recommended that the ECB terminates Mario Draghi’s membership of the Group of Thirty (G30), an intransparent association of managers of big banks, central bankers and some academics. Emily O’Reilly followed a complaint from the NGO Corporate Observatory (CEO). […]
Leak: CDU/CSU-Group in the Bundestag wants to effectively bury the European Monetary Fund and affront France
Next Tuesday, the Christian-Democratic Group of CDU and CSU in the Bundestag will decide to effectively reject the EU Commission’s proposal to establish a European Monetary Fund (EMF). The decision will be taken at the same time when French President Macron defends his proposals in an eagerly awaited speech in the European Parliament. The EU […]