All articles - Page 2 of 107 - Sven Giegold - Mitglied der Grünen Fraktion im Europaparlament

21. April 2021 | de en

EU climate law: member states put the brakes on ambition, use accounting tricks to increase climate target

Link, to spread this information on twitter/facebook: https://sven-giegold.de/en/low-ambition-member-states-tricks Dear friends dear interested, Unfortunately, today started with very sobering news. After 15 hours of intense negotiations between the European Parliament, the Member States and the European Commission, the first European climate law…

21. April 2021 | de en

Credible Sustainable Finance rules: The worst has been avoided for now, but green hazards remain

Today, on 21 April 2021, the EU Commission presented the long-awaited first Delegated Act on the Taxonomy Regulation. The Delegated Act defines the criteria that economic activities must fulfil in order to be considered sustainable in the Taxonomy with…

20. April 2021 | de en

Urgent Petition: Save the European Green Deal!

Sign here: https://www.change.org/save-the-eu-green-deal Dear friends, dear interested The European election was the first-ever climate election. Millions of people took to the streets. Their demand to politicians: Finally take the climate crisis and science seriously! However, it turns out that these calls…

15. April 2021 | de en

Breakthrough for more transparency in the European agencies

Dear friends, dear interested, This means a breakthrough for more transparency: In response to my question, Fausto Parente, Executive Director of the European Insurance Supervisory Authority EIOPA, committed yesterday that his authority will make its central decision-making processes more transparent…

14. April 2021 | de en

Inflation definition of the ECB: Exploding housing costs can no longer be ignored

Dear friends, dear interested, Lately, rents and residential real estate prices in most areas have known only one direction: steeply upwards. But while citizens groan under the exploding costs, officials at the ECB have paradoxically been complaining about too low…

13. April 2021 | de en

Sustainable Finance: Von der Leyen and Timmermans must save the credibility of the Green Deal

This week, the EU Commission is finalising the first delegated act to shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. These “taxonomy rules” will determine which financial products and investments can be labelled as green and sustainable and which cannot. Recently,…