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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10564
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) european council

Swoboda - cut tax evasion by half by 2020

Brussels, 29/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - On the eve of the European Council, the S&D Group at the European Parliament launched a counter offensive against tax evasion at the very moment when member states are having to tighten their belts in order to consolidate their public finances. The leader of the group, Hannes Swoboda, said that “up to 1 €billion are lost every year” from taxes, which are, “enormous losses” to national budgets. He said that they had to move from words to deeds...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - CULTURE
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL - BUDGET