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2 Sep 22
European Union institutions have won the praise of the bloc’s watchdog for their response to Covid-19.
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29 Sep 16
MEPs have rejected all the cuts to the union’s draft 2017 budget proposed by the European Council earlier this month.
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28 Sep 16
The European Commission has called for a mandatory lobbying register covering all three European Union institutions – the commission, the parliament and the council.
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5 Sep 16
The International Integrated Reporting Council has appointed Richard Howitt, a member of the European Parliament for the UK’s Labour Party, as its new chief executive.
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1 Jul 16
Security, the refugee crisis and growth are the key priorities of the European Commission’s €134.9bn draft budget for 2017, presented to the European Parliament yesterday.
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8 Jun 16
A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
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2 Mar 16
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the development of a mandatory lobby register covering the commission, European Parliament and Council of the European Union.
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28 Jan 16
The European Commission has set out new measures to crack down on corporate tax avoidance that seek to push member states to improve coordination of approaches.
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19 Jan 16
European Union member states that infringe tax-related state aid rules should not be able to keep money they recover in unpaid tax, the European Parliament has called.
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13 Jan 16
The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
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7 Dec 15
Companies caught cheating on their tax bill in Australia will have to repay double what they owe plus interest under news laws to prevent tax avoidance by multinational companies.
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27 Nov 15
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a suite of corporate tax reforms that will ensure multinational companies pay taxes where profits are made and increase transparency.
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13 Oct 15
Members of the European Parliament’s budget committee today demanded for more funds to tackle the migration and refugee crisis and to help young people get into jobs.