Sven Giegold

Curriculum vitae (English)

Political curriculum vitae October 2015: Named chair of the coordination team of the “European Christian Convention” October 2015: Elected as Member of the Presidential committee of the German Protestant Church Congress September 2015: Support of the founding of WeMove.eu February 2015: Enforcement of a special committee on the Investigation of the LuxLeaks scandals (“TAXE”), coordinator […]

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Luxemburg-Leaks as dawn of a European Policy for tax justice

Two weeks ago began a joint action: 80 journalists of international media brought forward overwhelming evidence of Luxemburg’s organized tax avoidance scheme. Headlines of newspapers like The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and other concerning the exposure of these practices did not surprise me at first. For many years now the Tax Justice Network, Attac, the Greens […]

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Green action plan against tax fraud and evasion in Europa

Action plan against tax fraud and evasion in Europe The trove of documents leaked in 2013 (Offshore Leaks) and again in 2014 (Lux-Leaks) by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) have shed a welcome light on the dark reality of tax fraud and evasion. The EU Commission has estimated that this costs European treasuries […]

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Revolving Doors: Letter to President Juncker

Sven Giegold has worked a lot on lobbying transparency. Together with a group of MEPs from different parties Sven Giegold now sent a letter to the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in which they urge him to put in place enhanced mechanisms to prevent a repeat of the revolving door scandals which dominated […]

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Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks – Blow to Juncker’s credibility must spur real EU action against tax avoidance and dumping

Commenting on the ‘Luxembourg Leaks’ revelations on the state of Luxembourg’s role in facilitating large scale tax evasion by the international consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ), Green economic and financial policy spokesman Sven Giegold said: “These revelations are a major blow to the credibility of new commission president Junker and his capacity to act for […]

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EU banking supervision – Milestone for financial stability but work in progress

The new European banking supervision mechanism will officially begin its work tomorrow under the responsibility of the European Central Bank (ECB). The most important banks in the Eurozone will be under direct supervision, with the ECB having an indirect responsibility for all other banks. Ahead of the launch Green economic and finance spokesperson Sven Giegold, […]

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