European Parliament 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

European Parliament

15. January 2021 | de en

European bank resolution: Europe is poorly prepared for a possible Covid banking crisis

Yesterday, on 14 January 2021, the European Court of Auditors presented a special report on European bank resolution. Already in 2017, the Court of Auditors had identified a number of shortcomings and criticised the slow implementation by…

11. January 2021 | de en

Green persistance pays off: Better consumer protection on the sale of loans

Dear friends, dear interested, Persistence pays off! The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will tonight adopt a heavily revised version of the rules on the sale of non-performing loans. Thanks to us Greens, the draft bill…

16. December 2020 | de en

NPL Action Plan: Insufficient protection for borrowers and taxpayers

Today, on 16 December 2020, the European Commission has presented its new action plan on non-performing loans (NPLs). It is the Commission’s latest effort to deal with the elevated level of NPLs which have been plaguing banks in many…

4. December 2020 | de en

Success for more transparency: Single Resolution Board will publish new aggregate data

Dear friends, Dear interested, During the last exchange in ECON with SRB chair Elke König, I reached a small but interesting step towards more transparency in European banking resolution. Much of the work of Europe’s banking resolution authority, the Single Resolution…

16. November 2020 | de en

Looking for support: Two group advisers in the Economic and Monetary Committee

Dear interested and colleagues, Our Greens/EFA-Group in the European Parliament is looking for support for our work in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). We look forward to your applications! Please forward this job offer to anyone interested. With…

13. November 2020 | de en

Stocktake of the German Council Presidency: Negatives outweigh the positive

Dear friends, Dear interested, The six-monthly rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers is an opportunity for the Member States to influence European policy for years to come. Only every 14 years or so does each national government have the chance…