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Politics: Euractiv.cz: MEP Ježek on tax policy, migration crisis. MEPs Zdechovský, Niedermayer, Zahradil on migration (updated)
Pressure on quotas killed the debate on migration in the Czech Republic before it started, says Czech Member of the European Parliament Petr Ježek (ANO). "Our countries were closed towards the world outside for forty years. There were attempts at an in-depth discussion of the issue of migration in...
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Politics: MEP Tomáš Zdechovský: EU needs ‘Taxparency’ solution to fight tax evasion
The LuxLeaks case reminded Europe that it needs to deal with tax evasion which costs the EU budget billions of euros. A group of lawyers and economists put forward the so-called ‘Taxparency’ solution and believe they can gather political support. “We have already presented it to Mr. Juncker, and he...
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Politics: Finance ministers agree on new anti-tax evasion measures
On 14 October in Luxembourg, the finance ministers of the EU28 held a meeting of the ECOFIN Council. In line with the OECD and G20 general guidelines on fight against tax evasion, the ministers discussed and eventually agreed on a revised automatic exchange of tax information directive. The directiv...
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