On Thursday 5 July, the members of the European Parliament adopted, by a considerable majority (470 votes to 43 and 26 abstentions) the draft resolution submitted following the oral question to the Commission and the Council calling for an agreement between the United States and the EU to mitigate the negative effects of the American 'FATCA' law (US Foreign Tax Compliance Act) on European citizens and, in particular, “accidental Americans”.
In 2016, Parliament's committee on petitions...