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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11793

23 May 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 24
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
Malta hit by revelations about its tax system
Brussels, 22/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 22 May, Malta found itself in the hotseat once again, following the publication over the weekend of revelations about its advantageous tax system, which is alleged to frequently turn a blind eye to money laundering.

Early evening on Friday 19 May, European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) started the ball rolling for the series of revelations over several days concerning Malta's tax system, which is extremely generous to businesses, its VAT system and lax rules on betting and...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Political agreement hoped for on finalisation of second monitoring mission, despite differences of opinion over debt
ECONOMY: Commission takes position in favour of Portugal and Croatia coming out of excessive deficit proceedings
EUROZONE: Germany and France launch 'working group' on Eurogroup integration
FINANCE: New initiatives in sight to complete Capital Markets Union between 27
TAXATION: Malta hit by revelations about its tax system
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU just awaiting London so talks can start
EXTERNAL ACTION
BANGLADESH: Dhaka still far from improving workers' rights in Sustainability Compact
KOSOVO: EU calls for calm and open election campaign
LIBYA: International community calls on different factions for restraint
ALGERIA: EU-Algeria meetings on security and Sahel-Sahara zone
MEDITERRANEAN: EU hails UfM's adoption of Urban Agenda for Mediterranean
IRAN: EU hails re-election of Hassan Rouhani as President of Republic
CLIMATE: EU begins Petersburg Dialogue buoyed by Bonn progress
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Council critical of MEPs' amendments to omnibus regulation
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament/Council negotiations on revision of 'wastes' directives are going to be difficult
REGIONS: Regions and cities want to set up coalition to defend cohesion policy
SOCIAL: European trade unions call on Commission to improve protection of workers in Country Specific Recommendations
ENERGY: Greenpeace welcomes European Parliament's movement to increase level of ambition for renewables
EDUCATION - CULTURE
EDUCATION: Council defends policy 'for' and 'with' young people
CULTURE: European film makers at Cannes Festival call on EU to protect European cultural creative content
NEWS BRIEFS
MALI: Federica Mogherini and Abdramane Sylla discuss security in the Sahel and migration
INTERNAL MARKET: EuroCommerce pleased with Advocate General's opinion strengthening legal environment of retailing
UKRAINE: EU calls for respect of freedom of expression
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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