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    Press release |

    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The European Parliament special committee to investigate tax evasion and dumping in Europe today met for the first time, agreeing on its structure and key posts at its constitutive meeting (1). The special committee will operate on the mandate proposed by the Greens/EFA group as the basis for an inq...
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    Money market funds

    Ahead of a vote on Thursday on draft EU rules on money market funds in the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, Green MEPs have expressed concern that these shadow banks could continue to avoid effective regulation. Ahead of the vote, Green MEP and financial affairs spoke...
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    Corporate tax evasion

    A proposal by the Greens/EFA group to strengthen corporate tax transparency under draft EU rules was today discussed in the European Parliament. The proposal would introduce a country-by-country reporting obligation for corporations as part of the revision of EU legislation on shareholder rights, wh...
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    Press release |

    Greece/Eurogroup

    Following the announcement today that the German government has rejected a request by Athens to extend its €172bn bailout, Greens/EFA economic and finance spokesperson Sven Giegold said: "The Greek government request for a technical extension of the program is good news and shows a clear wil...
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    Press release |

    Tax dumping

    The European Commission today held its first orientation debate on its planned measures against tax dumping and published its first ideas.Commenting on these proposals, Sven Giegold, Green finance and economic spokesperson said:"The EU Commission is still half-hearted and restrained when it com...
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    Press release |

    Capital markets union

    EU Commissioner Jonathan Hill today published a Green Paper proposing a Capital markets union, launching the European Commission’s project to create a genuinely European capital market, aimed at removing barriers to the development of cross-border investments. The Commission also plans to decrease...
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    News |

    Let’s use our money wisely! Let’s divest!

    Despite that some constructive proposals have been put forward at the new round of climate negotiations that is currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, a growing number of citizens are getting tired of these never ending talks. This is the reason why some citizens and businessmen have decided to take the lead themselves and are now…
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included processed meat and origin labelling; access to medicines in the EU; CIA abuses and the role of EU governments; combatting child abduction globally; Ukraine, Russia and the EU's role; EU counter-terrorism policy and fundamental rights; Lux Leaks and tax evasion: EP investigation; de…
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    Press release |

    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The European Parliament today voted to approve the creation of a special committee to investigate tax evasion and dumping in Europe following the Luxembourg Leaks revelations. The Greens/EFA group had been pushing for the creation of an inquiry committee, which was blocked by the bigger political g...
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    Publication |

    Green proposals and policy options for the way forward in Greece

    A key benchmark for assessing how and whether a sustainable debt trajectory can be reached is the amount that according to the conditions of the programme the Greek public sector needs to devote to servicing the debt burden on a yearly basis. It has also to be noted that most of the current debt is...