The European Commission will today present its proposal to create an obligation on intermediaries to systematically report to tax authorities any cross-border schemes with potentially aggressive tax planning elements they offer to their clients. A report from the Greens/EFA group in January 2017 showed the extent of the role of intermediaries in tax evasion and […]

The European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents has today adopted the Parliament’s mandate to begin negotiations on the new Transparency Register for lobbyists with the European Commission and the European Council. Conservatives (EPP), Social-Democrats (S&D) and Liberals rejected any obligatory lobby transparency inside Parliament as Greens/EFA had demanded. The mandate, which was only made public through […]

On Wednesday, the European Parliament will hold a plenary debate with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on the rule of law in Malta. The Greens called for this debate linked to the Panama Papers as two members of the government (Keith Schembri, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, and Minister for Tourism Konrad Mizzi) were revealed […]

The best things happen in Brussels, when you expect them the least to. It seems a rule of the thumb that what would make the headlines in Berlin, Paris or Rome, remains unnoticed in Brussels, even if billions are moved. Such a thing happened at our yesterday’s event with the cumbersome title: “What will the […]

  MEP Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group commented on the results of the snap elections in Malta:   “Congratulations to the Labour government of Malta for its reelection. But, elections do not replace thorough investigations. The accusations around the sale of passports, money laundering and corruption are a heavy […]