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8 June 2011

European Commission backs SP demand to tackle corruption

Cecelia Malmström, European Commissioner for cooperation in matters of justice, yesterday promised to take on board and further develop anti-corruption proposals from SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong. Tomorrow, the Commissioner will discuss her proposals with Ministers of Justice from the EU member states. ‘Action at last,’ says De Jong. ‘Backed up by the SP’s proposal, which won support from every significant political group in the European Parliament, Commissioner Malmström assured us that she was committed to persuading the ministers to take concrete measures to combat corruption. Next month the European Parliament will debate further the approach to the problem of bringing to light and recovering the billions of euros in corrupt moneys.”

8 June 2011

European Parliament’s budget proposals should be binned

SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong is unimpressed by the European Parliament’s proposals for the multi-annual budget for 2014-2020. 'The best thing would be to chuck them straight into the waste-paper basket,’ he says.

7 June 2011

SP ‘unimpressed’ by European Court of Auditors nominee

SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong describes himself as ‘unimpressed’ by the prospective Swedish candidate for the European Court of Auditors, the body responsible for monitoring the financial affairs the European Union’s institutions. ‘He has no perspective on the changes which are urgently needed at the Court,’ says De Jong. ‘He sees it tiding him over until he gets his pension, yet he has no experience as a member of a comparable body and was once named in an integrity scandal in Sweden. Sufficient reasons surely not to appoint this man.’

2 June 2011

Kox: Chernobyl must not be forgotten

While after two months the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan has still not been brought under control, people living in the neighbourhood of Chernobyl in the Ukraine are still, after twenty-five years, dealing with the consequences of the biggest nuclear disaster ever. Without international aid it would be impossible to keep these consequences within manageable proportions. These were the conclusions of SP Senator Tiny Kox following meetings today with the victims’ organisation in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

1 June 2011

No nuclear power stations, but 100% renewable energy by 2050

Within ten years Germany will close all of its nuclear power stations. The Netherlands would do well to follow its example, argues Paulus Jansen. Nuclear energy is not as safe as some think, and is forcing renewables from the market.

31 May 2011

De Jong: different rules needed for cooperative banks under Basel III

‘Banking with reduced risk demands a different kind of rule to the strict regulations needed for the speculative and risky behaviour of ordinary banks,’ representatives of the banking sector and SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong agreed at a joint meeting held today in the European Parliament.

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