Dear friends, dear interested, Tomorrow, 2 September from 2.15 pm, Olaf Scholz will appear before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on behalf of the German presidency. The hearing can be followed live here. The following questions and topics could be relevant in the hearing with Olaf Scholz: How can large […]
Our letters to the Commission: Chemical Strategy for Sustainability must not be weakened
Dear friends, dear interested, Recent press reports suggest that the European Chemical Strategy for Sustainability might be substantially weakened by the Commission’s Directorate-General for industry matters (DG GROW). Together with my colleagues Maria Arena (Social Democrats) and Frédérique Ries (Liberals) I have written letters to the Commission on this issue. Our letters addressed Commissioners Sinkevičius […]
Our letter to the Presidency: Ending the German blockade of tax transparency
Dear friends, dear interested We can no longer afford tax dumping in the interest of large companies in Europe. Public funds are and will remain heavily strained through the corona crisis. It would be easy to wash billions of fair taxes into the coffers of EU member states with the help of binding public tax […]
SAVE THE DATE: European chemical industry: Transformation for people and planet
Online event – 1 September 2020 – 10:00am to 12:30pm Register here. Dear friends, dear interested, As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission will present its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Ahead of the publication, we would like to discuss with high-level policy-makers and stakeholders, how the European industry can start the ecological […]
EU tax day: Defeat in Apple state aid case must be wakeup call for German Council presidency
Today, the General Court of the European Union annulled the Commission’s 2016 state aid decision concerning Apple in Ireland. The European Commission had previously concluded that tax breaks approved by Apple in Ireland and Apple’s European corporate structure had led to illegal state aid. The Commission decided that Apple should repay €13 billion plus interest […]
Great success in the fight against money laundering: European Parliament puts forward powerful measures
Yesterday, 9th July, the European Parliament adopted its amendments to the resolution on the fight against money laundering. It is considered certain that the text will be finally adopted this afternoon by a large majority of Christian Democrats, Socialists, Liberals, Greens and far Left. This resolution is a huge success for the European fight against […]