Members of the TAX3 special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance decided Monday night to abandon a hearing with EU Commissioner for Justice Vera Jourova, as she did not appear to the meeting and sent a civil servant to speak on her behalf although she was in the Parliament building. The Greens/EFA […]
Giegold calls on the ECB to perform a tough entry check for the Latvian Citadel Bank
After the closure of the ABLV bank in Latvia the Citadel Bank will be put as third largest Latvian lender under direct supervision of the ECB. MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group, wrote a letter to the ECB and calls for a rigorous entry check for financial crime: “After […]
Selmayr: Tough resolution
Below you find the resolution as voted yesterday and prepared by the services of the Parliament. MEP Sven Giegold, Parliament’s rapporteur on “transparency, integrity and accountability of EU institutions” commented: “This is a big blow for the Commission. A large majority calls on the European Commission to reopen the appointment procedure for the Secretary General. […]
Leak: CDU/CSU-Group in the Bundestag wants to effectively bury the European Monetary Fund and affront France
Next Tuesday, the Christian-Democratic Group of CDU and CSU in the Bundestag will decide to effectively reject the EU Commission’s proposal to establish a European Monetary Fund (EMF). The decision will be taken at the same time when French President Macron defends his proposals in an eagerly awaited speech in the European Parliament. The EU […]
Selmayr: European Parliament must end double standards
Just before Monday’s crucial vote in the budget control committee on the Selmayr resolution the Greens in the European Parliament have put forward suggestions how to make recruitment decisions in the Parliament more transparent and competitive. Green MEP Sven Giegold, Parliament’s rapporteur on “transparency, integrity and accountability of the EU institutions” commented: “The European […]
Greens: Mark Zuckerberg has to appear personally in the European Parliament
Tonight and tomorrow, Facebook-CEO Mark Zuckerberg will answer questions of a US Congress committee on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal. However, Zuckerberg declined an invitation to the UK House of Commons. Therefore, Sven Giegold and Jan Philipp Albrecht wrote to European Parliament President Antonio Tajani that the Parliament should insist on inviting Mark Zuckerberg personally to […]