On Tuesday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will attend the PANA inquiry committee in the European Parliament. The former finance minister and Prime Minister of Luxembourg will face questions about his current and past record when it comes to tax transparency and justice. To date, the European debate has mostly focused on Junker’s role in […]
Europe Calling: Europe’s Competition Policy in the global digitalised economy
Please, find the recording here: I would like to kindly invite you to the next episode of my online discussion series “Europe Calling”, this time starring a special guest: European Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager. Vestager is one of the most influential and couragous people in economic policy. She charged Apple to pay the staggering […]
Maltese Prime Minister Muscat invited to PANA inquiry committee
Today, the coordinators of the inquiry committee “money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion” (PANA) decided to invite Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. The invitation will be linked to his appearance in Strasbourg in the European Parliament plenary week (from 15th to 18th of May). The Greens supported the initiative of the chair to invite the […]
Job opening: Tax Justice Campaigner wanted
As Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament we work for European tax justice as one of our five priorities. With studies about particularly scandalous tax dumping models of IKEA, BASF and other multinational corporations we have contributed to the necessary pressure and positioned the European Parliament for more tax justice. After our present campaigner made […]
Job Opening: Campaigner for the Tax Justice Priority
The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament is looking for a Campaigner for the Tax Justice Priority The post is a fixed- term contract for 2 years as a contractual agent of the EP (FG III). A prolongation of the contract is possible. The group has decided to establish five policy priorities, one of which […]
Elections in France: 21% for Le Pen result also from German dominance in Europe
On the result of the first round of French presidential elections, MEP Sven Giegold, spokesperson of the German Greens in the European Parliament commented: “There can be no hesitation anymore, Macron deserves full support in the second round. These elections are now about Europe as a whole, so differences with Macron on policy issues […]