The Parliament is still negotiating, but the Council was already able to agree on a common approach to the Due Diligence Act in December. Under pressure from France, it decided on a special role for the financial sector. The text on which the EU27 agreed at the end is as opaque as it always is […]
No member state should regulate its value chains more strictly than the EU directive stipulates. This is what the Internal Market Committee (IMCO) advocated yesterday in its opinion on the Due Diligence Act. This was adopted with the votes of the EPP, ECR and Renew.Specifically, MEPs behind rapporteur Deirdre Clune (EPP) do not want the […]
“The Kaili/Panzeri corruption case could have been prevented by sufficient transparency in NGOs,” Markus Pieper said on Monday in the plenary session of the European Parliament. The CDU politician has been calling for more disclosure requirements for years – in 2017 he was rapporteur of an own-initiative report on NGO transparency. But the EPP withdrew […]
Im EU-Parlament war Eva Kaili für ein Panel zur wissenschaftlichen Voraussicht zuständig. Den Vorsitz nutzte sie für ihre eigene politische Arbeit. Und sie vergab Posten an ihre Schwester sowie die quasi-staatliche Qatar Foundation. Auch ein Baron mit engen Kontakten zu autokratischen Königshäusern stand Kaili zur Seite.
On February 9, the Committee on Environment (ENVI) will vote on its opinion on the Due Diligence Act. The MEPs, led by ENVI rapporteur Tiemo Wölken (SPD), want to agree, among other things, that far more companies than the Commission proposes are covered by the law. This emerges from the preliminary compromises, which Europe.Table was […]
Until 2013, all was still well with the world for Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats: Jean-Claude Juncker was prime minister and the parliamentary elections were merely a routine exercise. The Christian Social People’s Party (CSV for short) was the governing party. Period.But then came the “Bommeleeër affair”: The CSV twisted itself out of a series of attacks […]
On Tuesday, five committees voted on their position on due diligence. The respective opinions will complicate the work for rapporteur Lara Wolters (S&D), as they vary significantly.While the Wolters report strongly tightens up the Commission draft, the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) advocates a more pragmatic approach. For example, the due diligence obligation […]
The former Vice President of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, must remain in custody. This was confirmed yesterday by the Belgian court. Kaili is facing charges of money laundering, corruption and membership in a criminal organization.The Greek woman allegedly accepted money and gifts to influence political decisions in the interests of Qatar and Morocco. Around […]
More and more toxic waste is being produced in the EU. This is the result of a report presented by the European Court of Auditors. According to the report, there has been a 23 percent increase, from around 81 million tons in 2004 to 102 million tons in 2018, with Germany just behind the EU […]
After the EU Commission already presented its strategy for sustainable and recyclable textiles in March last year, SPD MEP Delara Burkhardt presented her own-initiative report on the subject to the Committee on Environment yesterday. With her proposal, Burkhardt wants to put an end to the fast fashion model. Among the core demands are:Measures against the […]