Dear colleagues, Dear friends, Last week, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen nominated the Irish Mairead McGuinness as future Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. She is to succeed Valdis Dombrovskis from Latvia, who has been in charge of the portfolio since 2016 and is now expected to become Trade […]
Webinar “Greening the EIB – From Ambition to Reality” with EIB President Hoyer on Wedndesday, 23/09/2020 5-7pm
Recording; Dear friends, dear interested, With the European Green Deal, Europe has committed itself to a shift towards a sustainable economy and way of life. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is – for many citizens – an inconspicuous but key player in this process, and as Europe’s climate bank, it is intended to make a […]
EU considers green bond to finance recovery fund: avoid mistakes of the green Bund
Dear friends, Dear interested, According to the Financial Times, the EU Commission is considering financing part of the joint debt for the European Recovery Fund through green bonds. Of the 750 billion for the Recovery Fund, around 200 billion financing sustainable investments could be issued through green bonds. Such bonds are particularly sought after by […]
Green Wave arrives in Germany – Local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia see Green win 75% more seats!
Dear European Green friends, After the big Green wins at the European Elections and the French Municipals, the Green Wave washed into Germany and turned the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Green! In yesterday’s local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous federal state with over 14 million registered voters, the Greens won an overall of […]
Moria! 169 MEPs call for emergency evacuation and relocation – Letter to Commission and Council Presidency
The letter (PDF) can be found here: https://sven-giegold.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-11-Letter-on-Moria-finalfinal.pdf To: Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson Federal Minister for the Interior, Horst Seehofer Brussels, 11 September 2020 Dear Vice-President Schinas, Dear Commissioner Johansson, Dear Minister Seehofer, The fire in the EU’s biggest refugee camp Moria is a humanitarian disaster and a disaster […]
Important step towards a regulation of Bitcoin, Libra & Co.
Dear friends, Dear interested, Yesterday, on 10 September 2020, the European Parliament gave a strong signal to finally tackle the overdue regulation of Bitcoin, Libra & Co. at European level. At the moment these so-called crypto-assets are subject to insufficient or no rules at all, which has made them a romping place for criminals and […]