Sven Giegold
Member of the European Parliament – Greens/EFA Group

Speaker of the German Green Delegation

Economy & Finance

European Parliament adopts gift package for banks without any conditionality

Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the so-called “CRR quick fix”, a far-reaching softening of the capital adequacy rules for banks in the Corona crisis. Since Socialist rapporteur Jonás Fernández has secured the approval of the Council of Ministers for…
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Webinar: “Regional Inequalities – The underestimated risk for Europe” with EU Commissioner Ferreira on Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 7-9pm CEST

Dear friends, The European Commission has recently presented their proposals for a revised European budget for 2021-2027 and a recovery package. Therein, regional funds play a fundamental role and should be equipped with additional 82.6 billion Euros. However, large parts…
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European auditors to scrutinise anti money laundering supervision

Dear friends, dear interested, The European Court of Auditors announced that it will scrutinise the effectiveness of the European anti-money laundering supervision in the banking sector by means of an audit report. In doing so, the Court will examine the…
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