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Ahead of the European Central Bank’s regular monetary policy meeting, 70 European civil society organisations call on the bank to stop aggravating climate change through its opaque ‘quantitative easing’ investments in polluting industries.

Corporate Europe Observatory welcomed today‘s final inquiry report on the ‘Dieselgate‘ scandal as a first step towards claiming EU emissions regulation back from the car industry.

‘Dieselgate’ was the result of corporate-driven deregulation, with both member states and European institutions complicit in turning a blind eye to industry-wide abuse, according to a report released today by Corporate Europe Observatory and Friends of the Earth Europe.

Today’s European Parliament vote on the reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) rubberstamps substantial new handouts to polluting industries and locks in a climate target far short of a fair EU share of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite unprecedented public opposition, the European Parliament today approved the controversial EU-Canada CETA deal. The vote flies in the face of millions of people, as well as trade unions, environmentalists and a broad civil society coalition who called for a rejection of the agreement.

Ahead of Wednesday’s Parliament vote on CETA, a new report shows the devastating effects the agreement could have on EU member states, whose citizens and courts block harmful mines. A lawsuit over the controversial Roşia Montană mine in Romania highlights governments’ vulnerability to expensive investor-state challenges.

The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will further empower corporate lobbyists by providing them with early, exclusive access to the legislative process, a report co-published by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) shows.

Scandals have failed to rein in top-level staff at the ECB increasingly involved with the Group of Thirty. A CEO complaint has now spurred the European Ombudsman to open a new inquiry to investigate this proximity.