{"id":38664,"date":"2017-05-30T17:37:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.admk-dev.de\/juncker-on-tax-avoidance-blind-for-the-past-strong-commitments-for-the-future\/"},"modified":"2017-05-30T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T15:37:17","slug":"juncker-on-tax-avoidance-blind-for-the-past-strong-commitments-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sven-giegold.de\/en\/juncker-on-tax-avoidance-blind-for-the-past-strong-commitments-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Juncker on tax avoidance: blind for the past, strong commitments for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The president of the EU Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, today answered questions in the European Parliament\u2019s investigatory committee on money-laundering and tax evasion (PANA). A Green study revealed Juncker\u2019s personal responsibility in blocking the fight against tax evasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Juncker\u2019s appearance, MEP<strong> Sven Giegold<\/strong>, Green Coordinator in the PANA Committee and author of the Green study on Luxembourg\u2019s role, commented:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Juncker may be blind to the past, but he\u2019s now made some concrete commitments for the future. It is disappointing that Juncker has refused to accept responsibility for past mistakes or admit the error of his ways. However, Juncker&#8217;s commitments today represent the foundations for greater tax justice in Europe.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJuncker has said he wants to meet three core Greens\/EFA demands: The EU Commission is going to propose a law that obliges all EU Member States to answer group requests for information about tax evaders, thereby enhancing tax cooperation between EU member states. Juncker has announced that he will increase the number of staff in the EU Commission&#8217;s task force on &#8220;financial crimes&#8221;, which currently consists of a ridiculous six employees. Furthermore, the EU Commission has agreed to use Article 116 of the EU Treaty against distortion of competition which allows EU tax law to be decided by majority. Moving tax cooperation to majority voting in the Council could be a game changer for tax justice in Europe.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;ll take Juncker at his word.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You find our report \u201cHow Luxembourg resisted European tax coperation and made money with its circumvention\u201d here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/extranet.greens-efa-service.eu\/public\/media\/file\/1\/5183\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/extranet.greens-efa-service.eu\/public\/media\/file\/1\/5183<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the EU Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, today answered questions in the European Parliament\u2019s investigatory committee on money-laundering and tax evasion (PANA). A Green study revealed Juncker\u2019s personal responsibility in blocking the fight against tax evasion. 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