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 European greetings, Sven Giegold (Green ECON coordinator) Link to the vacancy notice: https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/job/policy-adviser-for-the-committee-on-economic-affairs-econ/ […]
European Parliament calls to attune competition policy to the European Green Deal
On June 18, the European Parliament adopted its annual own-initiative report on EU competition policy with a large cross-party majority of Christian Democrats, Socialists, Liberals, Greens and some right-wing conservatives, while the majority of the Left abstained. With this report, the European Parliament takes a stand on current developments in competition policy and calls for […]
Liberals and Greens call for comprehensive reform of EU audit rules
Dear friends, dear interested, In the face of the massive accounting scandal unfolding at German payments service provider Wirecard, Luis Garicano and I as liberal and green coordinators in the ECON committee have published a joint appeal for a reform of the EU rules on statutory audits. Please, see below for our joint statement. […]
Capital requirements for banks: Relief needs to be complemented by obligations on bank investors
In the Corona crisis, the EU Commission wants to grant European banks far-reaching capital relief with a “CRR quick fix” of the capital adequacy rules. Previously, bank supervisors had already granted relief to banks. Now, further temporarily relaxed capital requirements are to enable the banks to grant loans even during the crisis. The Commission’s proposals […]