Eurozone finance ministers yesterday evening belatedly agreed to the release of bail out funds for Greece. Commenting on the announcement, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit stated: “While it is to be welcomed that Euro finance ministers have finally signed off on the release of the latest tranche of bailout funds for Greece, the […]
Eurogroup – Greece:
Europolitics-Interview zur Bankenunion
“Best solution would be to create a new institution” Interview with MEP Sven Giegold (Greens-EFA, Germany) By Manon Malhère The European Central Bank (ECB) should ensure control over the EU single supervisory mechanism (SSM) for a short time only, MEP Sven Giegold (Greens-EFA, Germany) told Europolitics, stressing that “the best solution would be to create […]
Happy Birthday Tax Justice Network
This is the Tax Justice Network’s blog entry to its 10th anniversary, taken from http://taxjustice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/happy-birthday-tax-justice-network.html Tax Justice Network was founded in Florence on 9th November 2002. Today is our tenth anniversary. Happy Birthday TJN. 9th November 2002: Founder’s Meeting in Florence, Italy The Founder’s Meeting followed two days of discussions at which researchers and activists […]
ECB executive board – Chicanery over Mersch appointment prevented
The expected appointment of Yves Mersch to the executive board of the European Central Bank by Eurozone governments, using a written procedure with no debate, has been blocked after at least one EU member state raised concerns with the procedure. The Greens had criticised plans to use this untransparent procedure (1), with a view to […]
ECB executive board: Bulldozing through of Mersch appointment an affront to EU democratic process
Governments from Eurozone member states are expected to confirm the appointment of Yves Mersch to the executive board of the European Central Bank on Monday, ignoring a vote of the European Parliament (1). Commenting on the situation, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stated: “Bulldozing through the appointment of Yves Mersch to the ECB executive board and […]
Letter to Herman Van Rompuy on the nomination of Yves Mersch
Dear President, On Octobre 25, the Plenary of the European Parliament has, for the first time, rejected a nominee chosen by the Council of ministers for the ECB board, Mr Yves Mersch. The Parliament, directly elected by the European Citizens, has expressed serious concerns on gender balance and, more broadly, on the lack of diversity […]