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    Inquiry committee on tax dumping

    There's still a lot to be done to tackle tax evasion in the EU. Following the Luxleaks scandal, the Greens refuse to be fobbed off with a less powerful 'Special committee' instead of an 'Inquiry committee' in order for the European Parliament to examine Member States' tax decisions.
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    VAT fraud in the EU

    Benedek Jávor and Ingeborg Gräßle, Chair of the European Parliament's budgetary control committee, hosted a conference on VAT fraud – a multi-billion euros a year prejudice to states and taxpayers.
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament today discussed the proposal to create of a full European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping following the Luxembourg Leaks revelations. The conference of presidents failed to endorse the committee, despite it havi...
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    Youth employment

    The European Commission today proposed making additional funds available for the pre-financing of the European Youth Guarantee Scheme (1) through reallocation under the European Social Fund. Welcoming the proposal, Green employment and youth spokesperson Terry Reintke said: "This proposal will...
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    VAT fraud in the EU Member States

    A study published by the Commission in October 2014 estimates the VAT gap in the EU at EUR 177 billion a year, 16% per cent of the VAT revenue expected by Member States. VAT is an exceptionally important source of the revenues of all Member States, on average, about 20% of state revenues come from VAT in the EU, and the if the latest esti…
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    Tax evasion and dumping: an inquiry committee is necessary

    For decades big companies operating in Europe have been taking advantage of tax competition between Member States so as to pay less possible taxes. The result is that small businesses end of paying while big businesses don’t. The Greens/EFA are pushing for an inquiry committee. What will the other political groups do?
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    Smart specialisation – a smarter approach to EU structural funding

    The concept of smart specialisation will play a key role in ensuring the success of EU structural funding in future, according to a seminar organised in the European Parliament by Catalan MEP Ernest Maragall. Whilst the idea of 'smart specialisation' is nothing new, it is significant that for the ...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    Ahead of this Thursday's meeting of the conference of presidents of political groups in the European Parliament, which will discuss the creation of an inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping, the legal services of the parliament have today presented their assessment. The assessment confirms t...
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    Elections in Greece

    Following Syriza’s electoral success in Greece, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts congratulated the winner and called on the new government and the EU institutions to work together constructively: “The Greens/EFA group congratulates Syriza on their win. We hope that th...
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    Economic and monetary policy

    The European Central Bank is today set to announce a scheme of quantitative easing - buying sovereign bonds on the secondary market - in response to deflation in the Eurozone. Commenting on the anticipated decision, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts stated: "The ECB is being forced to f...