European Commission

March 22, 2018

European Commission digital tax plan is 'a nail in the coffin for OECD tax rules'

The Tax Justice Network has welcomed the European Commission’s new measures to combat tax abuses in the digital economy – in particular, the intention to ensure taxes are paid in the places where business is done, and where profits are really made.
March 10, 2018

New EU sustainable finance initiative 'strong on rhetoric, weak on regulation'

The rhetoric of the European Commission’s new Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth must be matched by robust regulation, says Global Witness.
March 3, 2018

Lawyers move to defend new EU rules from 'inexcusable' coal industry attack

Environmental lawyers have applied to intervene in a legal case, to ensure coal plants cannot continue to pollute at dangerous levels.
February 10, 2018

Crucial EU decision on deforestation 'due in a matter of weeks'

The EU is set to make a decision which NGOs say will have a 'momentous' impact on the world's forests.
January 31, 2018

EU Commission must exert pressure on countries failing to tackle air pollution

Environment ministers from nine EU countries, including the UK and Germany, were called to Brussels on 30 January 2018 to explain prolonged failure to address illegal levels of air pollution.
December 22, 2017

EU urged to defend media freedom in Poland

Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the decision to trigger Article 7 of the European Union treaty against Poland, but has expressed regret that it only addresses judicial independence and ignores repeated attacks on the media.
December 14, 2017

Home Office policy on EU rough sleepers ruled unlawful

The High Court has ruled that rough sleeping does not constitute an abuse of EU free movement rights and that Home Office policy in this regard is unlawful.
July 27, 2017

US surveillance makes privacy shield invalid, say human rights groups

United States surveillance laws and programmes are so broad and contain such weak safeguards that they render the EU-US Privacy Shield invalid, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a briefing and letter to the European Commission, published jointly with Amnesty International.
October 19, 2016

Church and Peace network concern on EU spending priorities

The Church and Peace network is warning against extending a financial and political instrument at the disposal of the European Union that could strengthen the military capacity of non-EU countries, a move the network sees as a major shift.
June 16, 2016

UN chief urges EU to meet development assistance targets

On the second day of his visit to Brussels the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the opening ceremony of the European Development Days forum and participated in a commemoration for the victims of the March airport bombing attacks in the city.