Tonight and tomorrow, Facebook-CEO Mark Zuckerberg will answer questions of a US Congress committee on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. However, Zuckerberg declined an invitation to the UK House of Commons. Therefore, Sven Giegold and Jan Philipp Albrecht wrote to European Parliament President Antonio Tajani that the Parliament should insist on inviting Mark Zuckerberg personally to […]
Greens present rigorous questionnaire on Selmayr appointment for investigation by the budget-control committee
Bart Staes and Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group, just submitted their catalogue of questions on the appointment of Martin Selmayr as Secretary-General of the European Commission. Bart Staes is Green Chairman of the Budget Control Committee that is in charge of this investigation. MEP Sven Giegold, European Parliament rapporteur for transparency, accountability […]
New Special Committee TAX3: Expert inquiry
Dear friends, dear experts, The new Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance will meet next Thursday for the first time. It is now the fourth separate committee dealing with this topic in the European Parliament. We have thus increased public pressure and given the issue a stage in Parliament. This time […]
Ethics of the EU Commission: Goldman Sachs lobbyist José Manuel Barroso must be strictly scrutinised
Today, EU Ombudswoman Emily O’ Reilly published her recommendations to the EU-Commission to reopen the revolving door case of José Manuel Barroso. The former President of the Commission is currently employee of Goldman Sachs. He committed not to lobby the EU Commission, of which he is the former President, during a first review of his […]
Latvian money laundering scandal: Greens call for supervisory and legislative consequences
The Greens in the European Parliament have sent a series of written questions to the European Central Bank, the Single Resolution Mechanism, the European Banking Authority and the European Commission. The questions follow the failure of the Latvian bank ABLV some weeks ago. The information on the bank’s financial crime had to be uncovered by […]
Selmayr appointment: cloak-and-dagger operation needs examination in parliament
Surprisingly and at short notice, the EU Commission has appointed Martin Selmayr, the current Head of Cabinet of Jean-Claude Juncker as Secretary-General of the EU Commission’s General Secretariat. MEP Sven Giegold, rapporteur for transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions, said: “The appointment of Martin Selmayr to the EU Commission’s most important post must […]