{"id":792,"date":"2013-11-15T11:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T11:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?page_id=792"},"modified":"2014-04-30T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:09:39","slug":"banking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/jeans-issues\/jobs-economy-public-services\/banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jean and the Greens have been at the forefront of the battle to reform our flawed banking system in Europe and make banks work for us.<\/p>\n<p>Greens led the way on capping bankers bonuses, and banning the most damaging of practices like naked speculation on sovereign debt.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the wishes of a strong lobby Jean and the Greens have argued strongly for a financial transaction tax to be brought in, because large corporations and wealthy individuals should contribute their fair share. Also known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/robinhoodtax.org.uk\/how-it-works\">Robin Hood Tax<\/a>, it&#8217;s estimated a tiny tax on financial transactions could bring in \u00a320 billion per year in the UK alone.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2013, Jean hosted a topical discussion on the case for EU banking reform in the heart of the City of London. A packed room saw European Green Banking spokesperson Philippe Lamberts MEP debate with the Chairman of HSBC, Douglas Flint, chaired by Jonathan Rosenthal, Banking Editor of The Economist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BankingReformEvent.pdf\">Report on Banking Reform Event &#8211; Download here <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BankingReformEvent.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06-580x819.png\" alt=\"banking reform report\" width=\"580\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06-580x819.png 580w, https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06-280x395.png 280w, https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06-310x437.png 310w, https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06-46x66.png 46w, https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-25-at-08.08.06.png 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean and the Greens have been at the forefront of the battle to reform our flawed banking system in Europe and make banks work for us. 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