The Green members of the European Parliament gave a special welcome to the first Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU, publishing a report on Wednesday 11 January describing how, in their view, the island behaves likes a tax haven by EU standards. The report unequivocally questions whether Malta is really in a position to steer the discussions on the very heavy tax agenda of the EU.
Readers may recall that EU finance ministers have agreed on a series of criteria on the basis of...