The European Parliament adopted a report on the Pandora Papers, in the wake of the revelations by the ICIJ and others into global tax avoidance, evasion and money laundering. The report was an initiative of the Greens/EFA Group. For the first time, this report sees the European Parliament condemns the role of the United States […]
Commission work programme 2022: chemicals strategy delayed
The European Commission has presented its work programme for 2022. The programme contains a zero pollution package, but numerous legislative proposals that have already been announced for 2022 are missing, especially in the area of chemical policy. The EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was adopted by the EU Commission a year ago. It contains numerous […]
PandoraPapers: Tougher measures against tax evasion and money laundering need
New international investigative research by the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the subject of tax evasion and money laundering was published today. The revelations are based on the largest tax data leak of all time. 600 journalists from 117 countries collaborated on this project. The enormous data set comprises 11.9 million documents from […]
Air quality: WHO recommends stricter limit values for air pollutants – EU needs to catch up
Dear friends, dear interested parties, today is a good day for clean air! The World Health Organization (WHO) presented its updated air quality recommendations today, September 22nd. This is good news for our health, because air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk in Europe! Today the WHO recommends significantly lowering the limit values for […]
Commission Anti-Money Laundering Proposals major step forward
Today, the European Commission has released its long-waited Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package. This package is a major step-forward and implements key long standing demands of the Greens/EFA Group and the European Parliament. The package proposes a regulation that will transfer existing and strengthened AML provisions from previous directives. The package proposes setting up an EU […]
G20 finance ministers to decide on global tax reform: EU must seize this opportunity for greater tax justice
Today and tomorrow, G20 finance ministers and central bankers are meeting in Venice to discuss plans for a global tax reform that is designed to ensure multinational corporations contribute more to the countries where they operate. The plans for a minimum effective corporate tax rate of at least 15% for large corporations with consolidated group […]