The Maltese press is reporting that the prominent journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia has died in an explosion in a car in Bidnija. The prime minister of Malta has confirmed that it was an attack on her. Please see below a response from Greens/EFA MEP Sven Giegold, Green coordinator on the Parliament’s inquiry committee […]
Europe Calling: Dreaming of Jamaica? Discuss with the German Greens on the prospects of possibly joining a coalition government.
A recording of the session can be found below: Recent Parliamentary elections in Germany created a new political situation with great opportunities and challenges – not only for the German Greens but for the European Greens. This is why we would like to invite Green grassroots and activists from around Europe to […]
Strong democracy: Monsanto is excluded from lobbying access to the EU Parliament
Today, the leaders of the European Parliament’s political groups have decided to withdraw the access cards to Parliament of Monsanto group’s lobbyists and other representatives from the US seed company Monsanto. The Greens/EFA Group had requested this move after Monsanto refused to participate in a hearing on the Monsanto Papers in Parliament. MEP Sven Giegold, […]
Caterpillar should lose its entrance to the European Parliament for its boycott of today’s hearing on its tax avoidance
Caterpillar declined to appear today in front of the European Parliament’s Inquiry Committee investigating the Panama Papers scandal. The US-based machine engineering company is alleged to have illegally used a Swiss subsidiary to record profits from its international spare parts business to minimise its tax burden. In contrast, Caterpillar decided in March 2017 to close […]
European Parliament calls for major steps towards greater transparency and integrity in the EU
Today the European Parliament has adopted my report on “Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in the EU Institutions” with a solid majority of 368 yes, 161 no and 60 abstentions. For the report voted Greens, Social-Democrats, Liberals and right-wing Conservatives. The Christian-Democrats voted against the report and isolated themselves. In March, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) […]
Timetable for the report Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in the EU institutions
04.12.2014 Coordinators’ decision and Appointment of rapporteur 05.02.2015 Authorisation of procedure by CPGP 12.02.2015 Announcement of procedure in Plenary 26.03.2015 Exchange of views (AFCO if not mentioned otherwise) 05.05.2015 Exchange of views with the participation of VP Guillaume, responsible for transparency issues 17.06.2015 Exchange of views with the participation of Latvian Presidency 01.07.2015 Event by […]