The Five Presidents’ Report has promoted the debate on the future of the Eurozone. As a contribution to this debate, the Greens/EFA group of the European Parliament has elaborated and adopted a roadmap on the governance of the Economic and Monetary Union and the challenges of further political integration. Please find the paper here: https://sven-giegold.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Eurozone-Paper-FV-3_February_2016.pdf […]
First call of the European Parliament for sustainable investment and fossil divestment in financial legislation
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) committee recently adopted its position for the legislation for new rules on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, or workplace pension schemes (IORPs) covering assets of about 3,200 billion Euros. This position is the mandate and basis for the European Parliament´s future negotiations with the Council. As a […]
#Dieselgate and the car lobby: The map of lobby influence
Since the VW scandal started to unravel, the extent to which EU governments and regulators have either looked the other way or actively participated in dirty (air) decisions is one of the main questions the new European Parliament inquiry committee on “Dieselgate” will have to address. The scandal has highlighted the clear lack of transparency […]
Thoughts at the turn of the year
As the New Year begins, the European project has good reason to be worried. It is clear that European governments are unwilling to deliver common policies to tackle social division in Europe, the instability of the Euro, the impending climate collapse, the refugee crisis and terrorism. The European institutions are working in overdrive. This allows […]
First success against data leech AnaCredit: ECB starts public consultation – complaint at the European Ombudsman begins to bear fruit
The ECB is currently working on a European credit data registry called AnaCredit (Analytical Credit Dataset). From the end of 2017 onwards, banks are supposed to report to the central bank data on all loans in excess of EUR 25 000. The ECB claims that the AnaCredit project is a purely statistical undertaking, and that […]
Lobby of Tax Evaders: Campaign against Tax Evasion
This article published on 7/9/2015 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.fr-online.de. Thanks to the translator Marc Batko. The public still does not know how much taxes businesses pay and in what country. This must change but Germany blocks transparency. The outrageous tax avoidance of several international conglomerates could be stopped with a […]