Diese Aktion findet auch zeitgleich in Köln statt. Alle Infos zur Kölner Aktion hier. TOMORROW in Berlin and online: #WeAreInThisTogether. Wir schaffen es nur zusammen! Ce la faremo solo insieme! – Show your European solidarity! Versione italiana in basso / English version below Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde von WeAreInThisTogether.eu! An diesem […]
Money laundering blacklist: Transparency? No thank you
In its first public committee meeting the European Parliament’s ECON committee discussed together with the LIBE committee the planned new methodology and revised blacklist on high risk countries for money laundering. Despite critical questions from all major political groups the representative of the European Commission did not move an inch. The hearing is the next […]
TODAY: ECON-LIBE meeting on money laundering blacklist: invitation to webstream
Dear correspondents, For the first time since the restrictions imposed due to the Corona crisis, a working session of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Committee will be held today from 14 to 15h (CEST) by video conference. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will take part in the meeting. The EU […]
Letter to ESMA and EIOPA regarding use of past performance in draft RTS on PRIIPs KID
Dear experts, Dear journalists, I recently learned that ESMA and EIOPA will soon publish their draft RTS for the PRIIPS KID. In this draft they seem to intend proposing two historical scenarios instead of future performance scenarios, as required by the legal text. In order to underline that this would run counter to the co-legislators’ […]
Eurogroup: Dispute instead of solidarity must not be Europe’s signal in the corona crisis
Yesterday, the euro finance ministers met for a video conference to take fiscal policy decisions to tackle the corona crisis. On the agenda were precautionary ESM credit lines for badly hit euro countries, additional liquidity support for companies by the European Investment Bank (EIB), a proposal from the EU Commission for a temporary European unemployment […]
Greens in the European Parliament present Corona-Bonds proposal as European answer to the crisis
Today, the Green MEPs of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in the European Parliament presented their proposal for a European fiscal response to the Corona crisis. The Greens are the only group in the European Parliament with a common position on this issue. They are calling for the issuance of common corona bonds with […]