Tag: Press release

  • All is not well in the eurozone Mr. Draghi

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    GUE/NGL MEPs gave the President of the European Central Bank a tough time in Strasbourg during a debate on the euro zone’s unbalanced and meagre growth. In addition, low inflation rates and a lack of investment in the real economy were also discussed at the plenary with Mario Draghi. Fabio De Masi, ...

  • "Lux Leaks-Trial" against Antoine Deltour, Edouard Perrin and Raphaël Halet

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    Member of European Parliament Fabio De Masi (DIE LINKE.) who had been witness for the defence of Anotoine Deltour, together with the Member of Luxemburg Parliament, David Wagner (Déi Lénk) will be present on Wednesday 29. June 15h in Luxemburg. There will take place the rendition of judgement against “LuxLeaks Whistleblower” Deltour, against another PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employee, Raphaël Halet, as well as against the journalist Edouard Perrin ...

  • Panama Papers Committee: Left Members nominated

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    The European Parliament has adopted a robust mandate for an inquiry into the so called "Panama Papers" scandal. The GUE/NGL group, which has been pushing for this inquiry, as for the currently on-going investigation of the Luxembourg Leaks, has selected its MEPs for the committee.   GUE/NGL will nominate the full members Fabio De Masi as Vice-Chair, Patrick LeHyaric as coordinator and Miguel Urban Crespo as shadow rapporteur ...

  • ECB urged to lavish ‘helicopter money’ on consumers

    The Financial Times reported about the debate of helicopter money

    Financial Times, 16.06.2016 "[...] Fabio De Masi, a German lawmaker from the Die Linke party, who has been pushing the ECB for months to consider alternative policy options, said that quantitative easing combined with austerity “will only inflate asset bubbles as nobody invests despite ultra-low interest rates ...

  • Panama Papers: It's so easy - and scandalous

    A press release of Fabio De Masi

    "It's so easy for the rich and powerful - politicians and (other) criminals - to hide and launder their money through tax havens like Panama and the British Virgin Islands (BVI). It is a scandal that the EU and Member States still have not put an end to this massive tax cheat. Riding on the austerity wave into economic depression while letting the rich get away with this tax scam undermines our democracy ...

  • Special committee extension pushed by Green-Liberal-GUE coalition

    On Monday, a decision on whether or not to propose the extension of the mandate of the European Parliament's special committee investigating tax issues will be taken by the coordinators of the political groups. If the coordinators support the proposal, the conference of presidents of the political groups will consider the proposal at their meeting on Thursday ...

  • Junckergate: When it becomes serious, you have to lie?

    Commission President allegedly makes false claims to GUE/NGL questions in TAXE committee

    The European Parliament's special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (TAXE) heard Commission President and former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker on 17 September. Probed by GUE/NGL shadow rapporteur for TAXE's report, Fabio De Masi, he made several claims in relation to the so-called Krecké report which do not seem to withstand scrutiny ...