Green 8-Points action plan against Tax Avoidance by Large Companies in Europe

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Ministers of Finance including president of the eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem must now prove to everyone that they place the interests of European citizens above those of large tax-avoiding companies and tax havens. The suggestions have been around for a long time, but so far there has been a lack of political...

EU Investment Plan of the Greens/EFA group €750bn to stimulate the sustainable transformation of the EU economy

The Greens welcomed the initial idea of an investment plan, proposed by Jean-Claude Juncker. Drawing on the lessons learned from other recovery plans in 2009 and 2012, we want to ensure this new plan is made more concrete and focused on the transformation of our economy in a way that is socially just and environmentally responsible. To this end, the Greens have outlined...

INTA Flash: News from the Trade Committee

INTA Flash: News from the Trade Committee

The European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) has now met for substantive discussions for the first time during this parliamentary term. The Green members are Ska and Yannick Jadot from France, as well as substitute members Klaus Buchner of the ÖDP and Jose Bové of France. The Committee Chair is the German...

EU Commission must be stopped from bulldozing through EU-Canada trade agreement

Pressrelease: Friday 25 September: EU-Canada trade negotiations

European Commission president Barroso will tomorrow meet with Canadian prime minister Harper to announce the conclusion of negotiations on an EU-Canada trade agreement (CETA). The Greens have hit out at the Commission concluding this process in spite of significant opposition from EU governments, civil...

Ska and Elizabeth May say no to CETA

Watch the video of Ska Keller and the leader of the Canadian Green Party, Elizabeth May, speak out against the free-trade agreement between Canada and the EU:

Canada and the EU are about to conclude a free-trade agreement that is much more than just about trade. It gives private companies the right to bring sovereign states to court. It will enable trans-national...

Failure of the WTO Agreement: We need to take the interests of developing countries into accout

PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 1 August 2014

Commenting on the failure of the WTO agreement Greens/EFA spokesperson on trade issues Ska Keller today said:

"The concerns voiced by India and other developing countries regarding the conclusion of the WTO agreement from Bali are legitimate and consistent with their interests. Developing countries need to be able to support...

The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) of the European Union

The Free-Trade Agreements with the countries of Southern Africa, Western Africa and Cameroon will soon be finalised. It is a setback for the development cooperation of the EU.

The European Commission wants to reconfigure its trade relations with the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP-Countries, most of them were former colonies). In order to do so,...

Press Release: TTIP EU-US talks Citizens' voice must be heard; Greens/EFA backs new European Citizens' Initiative

Coinciding with the sixth negotiating round of the controversial EU-US TTIP* trade negotiations this week, a new European Citizens' Initiative on TTIP was successfully registered with the European Commission. The Greens/EFA group has announced it will support the initiative and will proactively work to ensure a successful outcome. Announcing this, Greens/EFA trade...

TiSA, the new Trade in Services Agreement – no multilateralism, no transparency

TiSA, the Trade in Services Agreement is one of the most important agreements that is currently negotiated apart from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) between the EU and USA. On 8th of July the second round of negotiations between the EU and 21 other countries (including the USA, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Japan) for the...