Sven Giegold

Economy & Finance

Our letter to the Portuguese presidency on the need to prioritise tax justice

Dear interested, The German presidency of the Council of the European Union has been unwilling to bring public tax transparency for multinational companies to a vote, thus blocking the legislative process from going forward. Together with 20 Members of the European Parliament from the Greens/EFA group I have sent the following letter to the Portuguese […]

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Gabriel Zucman à la tête du nouvel Observatoire européen de la politique fiscale !

Chers ami.e.s, chers intéressé.e.s, Maintenant c’est officiel : il y aura un observatoire européen des impôts dirigé par le célèbre économiste fiscal progressiste Gabriel Zucman ! Cela permettra de mettre en œuvre une idée des Verts, que nous avons lancée en octobre 2019 avec les socialistes et les libéraux au Parlement européen. C’est une excellente […]

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Gabriel Zucman to lead new European Tax Observatory!

Dear friends and all those who are interested, It is now official: there will be a European Tax Observatory headed by the renowned progressive tax economist Gabriel Zucman! This will implement an idea of us Greens, which we launched in October 2019 together with Social Democrats and Liberals in the European Parliament. That is great […]

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Budget blockade by Hungary/Poland: EU Council Presidency should start “enhanced cooperation” to ensure corona aid flows

Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbàn and Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki meet in Budapest to discuss their approach to their EU budget blockade. So far, the two countries are blocking the disbursement of urgently needed funds from the Corona recovery programs because they do not accept the rule of law mechanism. The EU heads of […]

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Invitation “Next Generation EU: Mobilising social economy’s potential to build back better” – Friday, 27/11/2020, 10.15-11.30am

Register here now! Dear friends, dear interested, Hadn’t it been for the Pandemic, the 26th and the 27th of November would have been the dates for the original ‘European Social Economy Summit’. To commemorate this, there will be a 2 days online event with over 15 different stakeholder sessions from all over Europe and beyond […]

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What does today’s report on global tax justice mean for Europe and Germany in particular?

Dear friends, dear interested, Today the Tax Justice Network published its “State of Tax Justice 2020” report on the extent of global tax avoidance by large corporations and tax evasion by individuals. It is the first study to paint an overall picture of global tax avoidance and evasion both by wealthy individuals and multinational enterprises. […]

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