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European Commission to set paternity leave rules
April 27th, 2017
Commission readies new parental leave rules to replace axed maternity bill Two years after the European Commission scrapped its own proposal for new EU maternity leave rules, the EU executive is getting ready to replace it with new measures, ...
Germany accused of strangling EU tax transparency
December 13th, 2016
A German-led group of EU states is trying to strangle plans for greater tax transparency, amid the restart of an iconic whistleblower case. Germany was accused of leading the behind-the-scenes attack on a European Commission proposal to raise transparency ...
Brexit – What Does It Mean For Taxpayers?
June 29th, 2016
June 23rd, 2016, whether for good or for ill, will go down in history as the day on which the European Union became less united, setting in train an as-yet-uncertain, although widely speculated upon, sequence of events. The referendum ...
EU and India give new momentum to strategic partnership
April 5th, 2016
The European Union and India held their 13th Summit on 30 March in Brussels, and took steps to deepen their political and economic cooperation. International security, migration, trade and sustainable development were top of the agenda. European Commission President, ...
EU proposals will force multinationals to disclose tax arrangements
February 8th, 2016
Large US firms such as Google and Amazon will be required to disclose tax bills in Europe under draft legislation from European commission US multinationals such as Google, Facebook and Amazon will be forced to publicly disclose their earnings and tax ...
What will the UK’s future in Europe be like?
February 4th, 2016
UK in the EU: MEPs debate proposed reforms ahead of referendum What will the UK’s future in Europe be like? The day after European Council President Donald Tusk proposed a settlement in response to UK demands for reforms, MEPs ...
Italian Banks Lead European Decliners on Bad-Loan Concerns
January 19th, 2016
Italy’s government has been struggling to set up a bad bank Country’s bad loans reached 201 billion euros in November Italian banks dropped in Milan, leading declines in the European Stoxx 600 Banks Index, reflecting investor concerns about lenders’ ...
2015 was a year from hell for the European Union. The 2016 Could be worse with a Brexit
December 21st, 2015
By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse. Not since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled ...
Merkel’s Refugee Mini-Summit Threatens EU Split
December 17th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday attended an EU mini-summit on the sidelines of the main European Council meeting of all 28 member states in a move seen by many as a sign of further divisions in Europe. Merkel is ...
Tax transparency: Commission welcomes agreement on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings
October 7th, 2015
EU Commission welcomes agreement reached by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings The EU Commission has welcomed today’s unanimous agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on cross-border tax rulings, just ...
