Dear friends, dear experts, The new Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance will meet next Thursday for the first time. It is now the fourth separate committee dealing with this topic in the European Parliament. We have thus increased public pressure and given the issue a stage in Parliament. This time […]
Ethics of the EU Commission: Goldman Sachs lobbyist José Manuel Barroso must be strictly scrutinised
Today, EU Ombudswoman Emily O’ Reilly published her recommendations to the EU-Commission to reopen the revolving door case of José Manuel Barroso. The former President of the Commission is currently employee of Goldman Sachs. He committed not to lobby the EU Commission, of which he is the former President, during a first review of his […]
Latvian money laundering scandal: Greens call for supervisory and legislative consequences
The Greens in the European Parliament have sent a series of written questions to the European Central Bank, the Single Resolution Mechanism, the European Banking Authority and the European Commission. The questions follow the failure of the Latvian bank ABLV some weeks ago. The information on the bank’s financial crime had to be uncovered by […]
Selmayr: Green five point plan
The way how Martin Selmayr was appointed puts the European institutions into disrespect. If this procedure was corresponding to the rules, the rules have to be changed. Not only in the Commission also in the Parliament open tenders should be used without exemptions. All positions should go to the best qualified not to the best […]
Tax avoidance: European Commission finally names and shames 7 Member States
The Greens/EFA group has welcomed a series of reports from the European Commission, naming and shaming seven EU member states for their role in facilitating tax avoidance. The Commission used today’s Member States reports – part of their EU semester package – to single out Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands […]
Selmayr appointment: cloak-and-dagger operation needs examination in parliament
Surprisingly and at short notice, the EU Commission has appointed Martin Selmayr, the current Head of Cabinet of Jean-Claude Juncker as Secretary-General of the EU Commission’s General Secretariat. MEP Sven Giegold, rapporteur for transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions, said: “The appointment of Martin Selmayr to the EU Commission’s most important post must […]