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    Press release |

    Financial markets and products (MiFID)

    The European Parliament today voted on important legislative proposals on the regulation of the market for financial instruments (MIFID). The Greens welcomed the strengthening of proposals on high frequency trading and commodity speculation but regretted the failure to adopt stronger provisions on c...
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included the EU budget 2013, the future financing 2014-2020, the rules on data retention, the issue of the single seat of the European Parliament, the EU economic governance, the decision on the Sakharov Prize winner...
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included the EU budget 2013, the future financing 2014-2020, the rules on data retention, the issue of the single seat of the European Parliament, the EU economic governance, the decision on the Sakharov Prize winner...
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    Video |

    Markets in financial instruments

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    Press release |

    ECB executive board

    The European Parliament today voted to reject the sole candidate, Yves Mersch, for the vacancy on the executive board of the European Central Bank, endorsing a vote by the EP's economic affairs committee. The rejection was supported due to the failure to consider any female candidates for the vacanc...
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    Event |

    Co-Presidents' session briefing

    During the Strasbourg Plenary session briefing, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit presented the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    Press release |

    Financial transaction tax

    The European Commission today set out proposals for the launch of an enhanced cooperation procedure, with a view to introducing a financial transaction tax for an initial group of 10 EU member states. Commenting on the proposals (1), Green economic and finance spokesperson Emilie Turunen (MEP, Denma...
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    Press release |

    ECB executive board

    The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee this evening voted to oppose a new nominee to the executive board of the European Central Bank, citing criticisms about the failure to consider any female candidates for the vacancy. The European Parliament as a whole will now vote ...
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include the EU budget 2013, the future financing 2014-2020, the rules on data retention, the issue of the single seat of the European Parliament, the EU economic governance, the decision on the Sakharov Prize winner...
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    Press release |

    EU summit

    Commenting on the outcome of today's EU summit, Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms said: "Yet again, EU leaders have used a summit to buy themselves more time, which means the ECB will be forced once more into the breach to support under-pressure Eurozone sovereigns. &q...