Remunicipalisation, Transparency & Corruption, Procurement, Press Release
Date
Mar. 17, 2017
EPSU agrees firmer EP action needed on lobby transparency
EPSU fully supports the lobby transparency coalition position that ‘the European Parliament (EP) must do much more to improve lobby transparency’. A 100 civil society organisations have written an open letter to MEPs asking the EP to do more to improve lobby transparency.
Jun. 29, 2016
LuxLeaks trial reminds that whistleblowers need EU legal protection, says trade union coalition
Press Statement (Brussels 29 June 2016) The Luxembourg court condemned on 29 June LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, former employees at PWC, to 12 and 9 months suspended
Aug. 29, 2014
New Commission must end corporate dominance of EU expert groups
(Brussels 29 August 2014) New European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker needs to tackle the persistent over-representation of corporate interests in European Commission ‘expert groups’ warn trade unions and transparency organisations
Jun. 24, 2013
Commissioner Barnier's proposal to exclude water services success for Europe's citizens
European Commissioner Barnier, responsible for the internal market and the concessions directive has announced that he will propose to the Commission to take water and sanitation services out of the scope of the directive on concessions.
Jun. 30, 2011
Joint PR from the network for sustainable development in public procurement - key demands and messages
The Network for Sustainable Development in Public Procurement on the occasion of the European Commission’s Conference “modernising public procurement” on 30 June 2011 reiterate their ‘five key demands’ for the revision of the procurement Directives.
Nov. 23, 2010
Public procurement : EPSU demands consistency from the European Commission
The European Federation of Public Service Union (EPSU) together with several other trade unions and civil society organisations (GMB, UNISON, EMF, EFFAT, EFBWW, Solidar, FLO, The Fair Trade Advocacy Office, EFTA, WFTO, FERN and Client Earth) sent a letter to Commissioner Barnier with its initial contribution to the evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of EU procurement legislation and policy.