This article published on 7/9/2015 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.fr-online.de. Thanks to the translator Marc Batko. The public still does not know how much taxes businesses pay and in what country. This must change but Germany blocks transparency. The outrageous tax avoidance of several international conglomerates could be stopped with a […]
TAXE is dead, long live TAXE!
This text was first published on the Greens/EFA website. If there’s one thing that the Greens do not like it’s energy waste. But when we see a scandal coming – like an attempt to stop or weaken the European Parliament’s unfinished investigation into the biggest tax scandal in EU history – the Greens had to […]
EP tax investigation continued: Strong mandate for new committee to continue tax investigation
The European Parliament’s conference of presidents today agreed to create a new special committee on taxation to last 6 months, with a new mandate based largely on the mandate of the previous committee and keeping the same members. Commenting after the conference of presidents, Greens/EFA president Philippe Lamberts said: “This new committee has a strong […]
EP tax investigation: EP president Schulz blocking investigative work
The European Parliament’s conference of presidents today failed to agree on extending the mandate of EP’s special committee investigating tax dumping. EP president Martin Schulz and the socialist (S&D) group expressed legal concerns with the extension, despite there being no legal advice to this end from the parliament’s legal services. Instead, it was agreed to […]
EP tax investigation: Special committee extension blocked to protect Juncker and Dijsselbloem
Philippe Lamberts, Sven Giegold and Eva Joly host a press conference on the developments with the EP’s tax investigation at 16.00 today in the press room in Strasbourg. It will be streamed at: http://www.greens-efa.eu/ep-tax-investigation-prolongation-blocked-by-political-groups-14858.html A previous commitment by the socialist (S&D), Christian democrat (EPP) and liberal (ALDE) political groups to extend the EP’s special committee […]
Completing the Banking Union: Deposit guarantee scheme only as re-insurance
The European Commission today presented proposals to further development of the EU’s ‘Banking Union’, including a European deposit guarantee scheme. Commenting on the proposals, Greens/EFA president Philippe Lamberts said: “These proposals are a belated but welcome step towards a proper European scheme for guaranteeing deposits held by ordinary citizens. The financial crisis revealed the inherent […]