Economy & Finance Archive - Sven Giegold - Mitglied der Grünen Fraktion im Europaparlament

Sven Giegold

Member of the European Parliament – Greens/EFA Group

Speaker of the German Green Delegation

Economy & Finance

9. July 2020 | de en

Green proposals for the long overdue regulation of Bitcoin, Libra and co.

Dear friends, dear interested, For years, digital currencies like Bitcoin have been used on a large scale for illicit purposes. According to studies, almost half of Bitcoin’s revenues can be attributed to activities such as money laundering or the trade in…

9. July 2020 | de en

New president of the Eurogroup: Paschal Donohoe must not slow down European tax reform

Today, the Euro finance ministers have elected the Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe as the new Eurogroup president for the next two and a half years. The Portuguese predecessor Mario Centeno had announced his resignation as finance minister at…

8. July 2020

European Parliament approved Michaud as EBA executive director: Blow for gender balance in EU top financial positions

Today, July 8, the plenary of the European Parliament voted on Francois-Louis Michaud as a candidate for the position of Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA). Michaud was approved with 343 votes in favour, 296 against and…

3. July 2020 | de en

Success for gender equality in EU finance top positions: ECON committee voted against candidate for EBA executive director

Yesterday evening on 2 July the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament voted by a narrow majority (24 no, 23 yes, 10 abstentions) against the candidate for the position of Executive Director of the European…

1. July 2020

Anti-money-laundering draft resolution of the European Parliament: Strong demands to the EU-Commission

Dear friends, dear interested, Today the negotiations on a draft resolution on the fight against money laundering were successfully concluded. The draft text, supported by Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and the Left, is based on a green proposal….

29. June 2020

The 6 most effective ways to circumvent labour law and local standards

A little essay going round and round and ending with Tönnies by GreensEFA EMPL advisor team / Philine Scholze The 6 most effective ways to circumvent labour law and local standards How to circumvent Labour law and worker protection in Europe? 1….