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Ursula von der Leyen

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Ensure that the Commission respects their legal obligation to publish their financial interests.

Why is this important?

 

EU boss Paolo Gentiloni’s job is to make fair rules about tax. So why might he still own shares/invest worth €100,000 in tax-dodging corporation Amazon? 

He FAILED to publish his financial interests - and so has every other EU boss, or Commissioner as they’re officially called. 

That’s against the law. They should have done it on 1 January. [2] It means we don’t know how they might be influenced. 

Only one person can make sure the Commissioners obey the law: the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. But so far no one is talking about this scandal - so it’s easy for her to ignore.

If we sign this petition and send thousands of tweets to von der Leyen now, we can show her this scandal is about to break, and she needs to demand that her Commissioners obey the law.

If we win, this is just our foot in the door. If EU bosses publish their financial interests, we will be able to expose their links to corporations and demand they work for people, not private profit.

 

References:

[1] The first declarations of financial interests, filed before November 2019, are available here : https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/hearings2019/commission-hearings-2019
[2] According to EU treaties and the Code of Conduct for the Members of the European Commission, "Commissioniers and the President of the Commission are obliged to declare their financial interests which could give rise to a conflict of interest. These declarations shall be re-submitted on an annual basis on 1 January." Available at : https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/commissioners-and-ethics/code-conduct-members-european-commission_en
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EU boss Paolo Gentiloni’s job is to make fair rules about tax. And he still invests €100,000 in tax-dodging corporation Amazon.

He FAILED to publish his financial interests - and so has every other EU boss, or Commissioner as they’re officially called.

That’s against the law.

Send a tweet to the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen now and demand her Commissioners obey the law!

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