This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The annual meeting on economic governance between MEPs and MPs from 29 European countries, including Ukraine, kicked off on Monday. The conference, which will end on Tuesday, was opened by EP President Roberta Metsola on Monday afternoon who told participants that Europe must remain […]Parliamentarians from across Europe discuss economic, social and budgetary issues
February 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The annual meeting on economic governance between MEPs and MPs from 29 European countries, including Ukraine, kicked off on Monday. The conference, which will end on Tuesday, was opened by EP President Roberta Metsola on Monday afternoon who told participants that Europe must remain […]Parliament approves the “rule of law conditionality” for access to EU funds
December 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, MEPs approved the regulation designed to protect EU funds from being misused by EU governments who bend the rule of law. Under the new regulation, EU budget payments can be withheld from countries in which established breaches of the rule of law […]The European Parliament fails to really restrict the rating agencies
January 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The European Parliament adopted yesterday tougher rules for the issuance of creditworthiness ratings on governments and private businesses by the relevant agencies. Obviously the new legislation was voted in relation with and aims to set new restrictions on the activities of the three largest of them, namely Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch IBCA. But […]
