Sven im Streit mit der EU-Kommission: Bei Solvency II spielt der Staat Ratingagentur
In der Sitzung des Wirtschafts- und Währungsausschuss (ECON) kam es am 11.11.2014 zu einem spannenden Wortwechsel zwischen dem Vertreter der Kommission und mir. Seht selbst:
Moscovici hearing: breakdown of the European Parliament’s Grand Coalition
“The hearings of the Commissioners-designate are taking a rather democratic turn. For weeks there have been rumours in the European Parliament that a ‘Grand Coalition’ of the centre-right (EPP) and social-democrat (S&D) groups would mutually support each other’s candidates….
Open Letter to Jean-Claude Juncker concering commissioner-designate Miguel Arias Cañete
Letter to President Juncker 24.09.14 Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Brussels, 24 September 2014 Dear Mr Juncker, As your commissioners-designate are preparing for scrutiny by the European Parliament, it will have come to your attention that there are mounting…
EU-Commission shuts out citizens from TTIP decision
Today the EU-Commission announced their decision to reject the European citizens’ initative “Stop TTIP” on legal grounds. The citizens’ inititiative is supported by an alliance of 250 non-governmental organisations and political parties all accross Europe. Sven Giegold, speaker of the…