Dear friends and all those who are interested, This Thursday (25/3/2021) the European Parliament will discuss the rule of law in Malta and recent developments in the investigation of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Commission is expected to give a statement on the matter. Reason for the last-minute addition to the plenary agenda […]
200+ finance professionals call for credible rules in an open letter to the EU Commission
The EU Commission is currently finalising the delegated acts that shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. The so-called taxonomy will determine which financial products and investments can be labelled as green and sustainable and which cannot. The European Parliament and the EU member states had negotiated for a long time and found a good compromise […]
Grade: Poor – European Member States cooperate insufficiently to collect billions in taxes
Dear friends and all those who are interested, It is painful to watch: In times of empty coffers due to the Corona crisis, the Member States are letting billions slip through their fingers because they are not consistently cooperating on a European level in tax matters. It is still far too easy to hide income […]
Hearing at the European Parliament: Lessons from the Wirecard case – Tue, 23 March, 13h45 – 15h45
Dear friends, dear interested, On my initiative, the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, jointly with the Committee for Legal Affairs, will hold a hearing on lessons from the Wirecard case tomorrow, 23 March. I am particularly happy that our invitation was accepted by journalist Dan McCrum of the Financial Times whose stubborn […]
Sign now! – Open Letter from Financial Experts to the EU Commission for Credible Sustainable Finance Rules
Dear friends and all those who are interested, I am writing to you together with Kristina Jeromin and MEP Bas Eickhout as actors in the financial sector. The EU Commission is currently working on the delegated acts to shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. These taxonomy rules will determine which financial products and investments can […]
Invitation: “European Green Deal: Setting the Course” High-level online conference of the Green Europe Group – Thursday & Friday
Dear friends, The European Green Deal is the most comprehensive and ambitious climate and environmental protection programme ever launched by the European Union. The Green Deal has what it takes to make Europe a climate-neutral continent and at the same time transform the economy in a socially and ecologically just way. But does the Green […]