There are more lobbyists around the EU institutions in Brussels than in any other European capital. The quick move through the revolving doors by former EU Commission President Barroso to Goldman Sachs, or the undeclared offshore company held by former EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes, have stirred public distrust around the independence of individual EU politicians. […]

Please, find here the letter as a PDF-file: 2016_10_11 – Greens-EFA Letter to the President of the EIB – Financial I…  

Low interest rates are having an increasingly dramatic impact on insurance policies. In early August, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published up-to-date figures on the solvency of German life assurers. Twenty-five percent of the firms concerned now do not meet Solvency II’s capital requirements. Four of the 84 firms examined have no or […]

  Since 2014, resources from the European Structural and Investment Funds can be suspended in case a Member State does not comply with the deficit criteria. In July 2016, for the first time, this sanction mechanism was triggered by the Council against Spain and Portugal. On Monday evening, Members of the European Parliament partook in […]

After to the most recent revolving door scandal of former Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and the hidden tax haven company of Neelie Kroes also in Parliament pressure is rising to allow for more transparency and to strengthen integrity. Two weeks ago the Conservatives (EPP), Social Democrats and Liberals blocked the vote on the fully […]

Sven Giegold and Ernest Urtasun, Green members of the European Parliament’s Financial Assistance Working Group declare: “The Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and the European institutions has violated international and European human rights law. The new judgements of the European Court of Justice has opened the door for individual victims to demand compensation from the […]