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    Green jobs and green economy

    A truly green economy would promote human well-being and social equality, without placing more strain on the planet than it is able to support.
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    Capital Markets Union

    The European Commission today presented an action plan on creating the much-anticipated Capital Markets Union, setting out measures it intends to propose to this end. Commenting on the action plan, Green economic and finance spokesperson Sven Giegold said: "Creating a Capital Markets Union is a...
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    Big companies paying their fair share of taxes

    This week, the European Commission published the outcome of its online public consultation on fiscal transparency. Following the Luxleaks scandal, the European Commission promised some concrete actions in 2015 to promote greater tax transparency, in order to ensure that companies pay their fair sha...
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    Exchange of views with ECOFIN Council Presidency

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    Exchange of view with ECOFIN Council Presidency

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    President Jean-Claude Juncker is making a farce of the fight against tax avoidance

    It was a long-awaited and well-attended hearing of the European Parliament Special Committee on tax rulings (TAXE) which took place last week. It is indeed not every day that the President of the European Commission himself, Jean-Claude Juncker and two Commissioners visit our committee to discuss t...
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    TAXE committee - Exchange of views with Juncker, Moscovici and Vestager

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    EU Commission work programme

    The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the draft work programme of the European Commission for 2016. Commenting after the vote Greens/EFA vice-president Bas Eickhout said: "MEPs have today again issued a rebuke to the drive by EU Commission vice-president Timmermans to cut back E...
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    EP tax investigation

    Lobbyists from corporations which refused to cooperate with the European Parliament's special committee investigating tax issues should lose access to the European Parliament according to MEPs on the committee. The proposal, which was made by Greens/EFA MEP Sven Giegold, has secured the support of t...
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    TTIP

    The European Greens do not believe that TTIP represents the kind of transatlantic relationship we need. As it currently stands, TTIP threatens our democracy and risks undermining our hard-won regulation and standards in a host of sectors.