Today the Council of EU Economic and Finance Ministers presented its conclusions on the European Commission’s action plan on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. In these conclusions, the Council of Ministers welcomes the plans to transpose parts of European anti-money laundering legislation into a directly applicable regulation, thereby eliminating the current patchwork of unequal […]
Revolving door rules ineffective: Only 0.62% of changes from EU-institutions to lobby groups rejected
Dear friends, dear interested, A new report by the non-governmental organization Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) sheds light on the Brussels revolving door job changes and provides shocking insights. Out of 366 applications for transfers of EU officials from the EU Commission to the private sector and 597 applications for employment in the private sector during […]
New ECB whistleblower channel: Success for whistleblower protection
The ECB has announced that it will introduce an improved internal reporting channel for whistleblowers. This is a major achievement on the road to greater support for all those who uncover malpractice for the sake of the common good. All too often whistleblowers are subject to considerable reprisals, lose their jobs or are sued for […]
POSTPONED: Webinar “Deregulation For Future? – An agenda for financial regulation during the pandemic & beyond” – Tue, 20 Oct 8-10 pm CEST
Dear friends, dear interested, Thank you very much for your interest in our webinar “Deregulation For Future?” with Daniela Gabor and William White, which was scheduled for tomorrow, 20 October 2020, at 8 pm CEST. Unfortunately, due to health reasons the webinar has to be postponed. We will schedule a new date for our webinar […]
Eurogroup / candidate for ECB executive board: European Parliament must insist on gender-balanced shortlist
Today, the Euro finance ministers in the Eurogroup agreed on a candidate to succeed Yves Mersch for the ECB executive board. The candidate is to be proposed tomorrow by the Council for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) before being appointed by the European Council, following opinions from the European Parliament and the Governing Council of […]
EU Parliament will announce the rules for a new “Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for journalism”
Directly after the murder of Daphne three years ago Eva Joly and myself demanded the creation of a “European prize for investigative journalism” in the name of Daphne Caruana Galizia and modelled on the Sakharov Prize. Only one month later in November 2017 the plenary of the European Parliament supported the idea with a large […]