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    Press release |

    Banking resolution

    The European Parliament and the Council last night reached an agreement on new EU legislation on bank recovery and resolution in the context of banking crises. The new legislation includes provisions that troubled banks should primarily be saved by their shareholders and creditors (bail-in) rather t...
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    Video |

    Bank accounts: a basic right

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    Press release |

    EU mortgage rules

    Today the European Parliament finally adopted new rules on mortgages (directive on credit agreements relating to residential properties). The Greens welcomed the new rules, which will provide for greater protection for consumers but regretted the failure to deal with the macroeconomic risks of irres...
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    Event |

    The Greens/EFA Co-Presidents' briefing

    The Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms presented the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    Publication |

    Preparations for the European Council meeting (19-20 December 2013)

    Tabled by Sven Giegold, Daniel Cohn-Bendit on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolutions of 12 June 2013 on strengthening European democracy in the future EMU(1), of 23 May 2013 on ‘future legislative proposals on EMU: response to the Commissi...
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include - Protecting migrants' lives in Mediterranean, Reforming EU fisheries policy, Deep sea fishing and destructive trawling, EU-Morocco fisheries and Western Sahara, Ukraine: democratic danger and EU perspective, Repairing the emissions trading scheme, Mortgages - EU rules under review,…
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    Press release |

    Tax avoidance and competition

    The European Commission today presented proposals to revise the EU's parent-subsidiary directive, with a view to closing loopholes in the legislation, which facilitate corporate tax avoidance. The Greens welcomed the proposals but cautioned on the need to ensure a broader approach to properly addres...
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    News |

    Fiscalis programme

    MEPs adopted the Fiscalis 2020 programme on 21 November, which aims to strengthen tax administrations and cooperation across the EU. The Greens worked to ensure that the fight against tax fraud, evasion and avoidance is at the core of the programme. It will strengthen tax authorities capacities and facilitate cooperation to help them work…
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    Video |

    Common provisions on European funds

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    Press release |

    Macroeconomic conditionality

    The European Parliament today voted on the Common Provisions Regulation, new rules governing how EU structural and investment funds are disbursed. The Greens/EFA hit out at provisions on macroeconomic conditionality, which would allow the Commission to propose suspending EU funds for regions in memb...