Philippe Lamberts, Sven Giegold and Eva Joly host a press conference on the developments with the EP’s tax investigation at 16.00 today in the press room in Strasbourg. It will be streamed at: http://www.greens-efa.eu/ep-tax-investigation-prolongation-blocked-by-political-groups-14858.html A previous commitment by the socialist (S&D), Christian democrat (EPP) and liberal (ALDE) political groups to extend the EP’s special committee […]
Completing the Banking Union: Deposit guarantee scheme only as re-insurance
The European Commission today presented proposals to further development of the EU’s ‘Banking Union’, including a European deposit guarantee scheme. Commenting on the proposals, Greens/EFA president Philippe Lamberts said: “These proposals are a belated but welcome step towards a proper European scheme for guaranteeing deposits held by ordinary citizens. The financial crisis revealed the inherent […]
48 proposals how to separate economic and political power in Europe
Dear friends and colleagues, The EU Commission has promised to update and strengthen the legal base of the EU lobby register. Commission President Juncker made more transparency one of his priorities. In order to outline what the European Parliament wants, the Constitutional Affairs committee had asked me to draft an initiative report on “transparency, accountability […]
EP tax investigation: Special committee extension supported by political groups
The mandate of the European Parliament’s special committee investigating tax issues should be extended for six months, according to the coordinators of the political groups, who took the decision today. The conference of presidents of the political groups will now consider the proposal on Thursday, following the initiative of the Greens/EFA group. Commenting on the […]
There is more to uncover – the European Parliament’s tax investigations have to continue
The TAXE committee on tax investigation is running out of time, but there is more to uncover. Please find here why we need to prolongate the committee’s mandate.
Leserbrief in der FT: Accounting standards are holding banks back
Sir, In addition to those described by Patrick Jenkins in “Why is it taking so long for Europe’s banks to recover?” (Inside Business, November 10), another reason for the relative weakness of European banks is the limitations placed on them by international financial reporting standards. Since the 1970s, US GAAP has required banks to earlier […]