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    Euro sign in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany / CCO mika-baumeister
    Event |

    Greening monetary policy in times of soaring inflation

    The ECB is under pressure to act, but how can monetary policy address fossil fuel-driven inflation without threatening the green transition? Register and join us on 28 September.
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    Press release |

    Urgent need to move past unanimity to achieve tax justice

    The European Parliament will vote on a resolution on the minimum tax rate on the profits of multinationals, following the Hungarian government’s veto on 17 June. A debate is also scheduled on the taxation of windfall profits made by corporations, especially in the energy and food sector, following Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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    Rebecca Cruz (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
    People oder Profits
    Opinion |

    Human crises can’t mean corporate profits - the case for an EU-wide windfall tax

    Rasmus Andresen Claude Gruffat
    Opinion by Rasmus Andresen & Claude Gruffat
    While people see their energy bills skyrocket and their shopping cart get more and more expensive, there are energy and food corporations who, in the same period, have had unprecedented profits. It's time for the 1% to stop profiting at the expense of the 99%!
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    European Union
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    News |

    Plenary Flash - 4-7 July 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Not our Taxonomy, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the state of abortion rights, Alice Bah Kuhnke's report on intersectionality, minimum tax, windfall tax, Viola von Cramon's report on Kosovo, and sustainable aviation.
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    Study |

    The true cost of the cement, steel and chemical industries

    The Greens/EFA want to understand the damages caused to people and planet by energy-intensive industries and accelerate their transition to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable industries. The Greens/EFA wish to counter the argument that sustainable production is more costly than conventional production.
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    Letter |

    Greens/EFA MEPs write to EU Commission on minimum tax

    On 19 May, the European Parliament passed its opinion on the directive on minimum effective taxation by a large majority. Greens/EFA can no longer accept that the implementation of the internationally agreed OECD pillar 2 is watered down and delayed in the Union because of individual Member States who put their narrow interests before th…
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    Press release |

    MEPs to vote on global minimum corporate tax rate for multinationals

    MEPs will debate and vote on the need for EU Member States to agree to proceed on the OECD framework for a minimum corporate tax rate. So far Poland is blocking the Council and holding the EU back in moving forward as a block on the international agreement, which would see a minimum corporate tax rate of 15% for large multinationals. Next…
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    Event |

    Russian Oligarchs: What we don’t know about what the rich own

    Since the war in Ukraine started, countries have confiscated millions in Russian oligarchs’ assets. But this is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the millions of euros that they own offshore and that have been crucial in sustaining Putin's regime for decades.
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    Policy Paper |

    How to prevent Russian oligarchs from abusing EU structures to hide their wealth

    Greens/EFA MEPs working on tax evasion and money laundering have today released a series of proposals to prevent Russian oligarchs from abusing EU structures to hide their wealth.
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    Opinion |

    Spot the tax haven? Avoiding the blacklist is a game for zero tax countries

    Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    The EU’s latest ‘blacklist’ for tax havens has just been released, but some of the biggest names are not on the list. Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen and Ernest Urtasun say it's time for the EU to take its own blacklist seriously and stop treating tax avoidance like a game.