Brussels, 17 May 2021 – European Aluminium welcomes the news that the EU and US have agreed to enter into discussions on the mutual resolution of aluminum excess capacity and the deployment of effective solutions. The industry association calls on the US and EU to eliminate the trade barriers between the two regions and show leadership in modernising multilateral trade rules.

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the severe structural problems faced by too many EU workers who have moved to a different EU country, especially in the agricultural, building and care sectors. In a plenary debate in the European Parliament later today, the Socialists and Democrats will call on the Commission to ensure general joint and several liability throughout the entire subcontracting chain.

On the 19th and 20th of May in an alliance without precedents, citizens of various countries of the world will unite to raise their voices in favor of Freedom for the peoples subjected by dictatorships and will call on the European Union to position itself and take action.

Heute wurde eine Studie über das Steuervermeidungsmodell von Amazon veröffentlicht. Die Studie wurde von Richard Phillips, Jenaline Pyle und Ronan Palan im Auftrag von Martin Schirdewan, Mitglied im Finanz- und Währungsausschuss und im Sonderausschuss für Steuerfragen und Ko-Fraktionsvorsitzender der Linken im Europäischen Parlament, erstellt. Martin Schirdewan erklärt dazu: