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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12059
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

Corporate Europe Observatory criticizes Big Four's influence on EU tax policy

“It is time to kick the 'Big Four' and other players in the tax avoidance industry out EU tax policy”. This is the conclusion of a report published on Tuesday 10 July by the organisation Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).

The famous 'Big Four' – KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte – are four global audit and accountancy firms, described by the organisation as the “Goliaths of the tax planning world”.

The report examines their influence on the drafting of EU tax policies and highlights a...

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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Court of Auditors considers Commission has not sufficiently justified its proposal on 2021-2027 MFF
2019 BUDGET: Council trims €1.5 billion from draft 2019 budget
INSTITUTIONAL: Subsidiarity Task Force proposes change in European treaties to make 'yellow card' more flexible to benefit national parliaments
PARLIAMENT: Nearly one third of MEPs have paid activities in addition to their mandate, Transparency International notes
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU and NATO sign new declaration of cooperation
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Parliament ready to negotiate on cyber security
JHA: Ministerial meeting for beginning work on EU28 decisions for sealing EU's external borders
JUSTICE: Austrian Presidency of Council would like an agreement on electronic evidence by December
TRANSPORT: Mr Hofer highlights his wish to develop compromises on first mobility package by December
TRANSPORT: MEPs define the negotiating position on combined transport
AGRICULTURE: Parliament rapporteur Esther Herranz Garcia denounces vague strategy on CAP post-2020
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for implementation of 'pesticides' regulation to be improved for health and environmental reasons
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Strategy for plastics - Parliament environment committee advocates banning oxo-degradable plastics
CONSUMERS: MEPs give go-ahead to rules on Shochu marketing
COHESION: Commission extends action to support regional innovation
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Austrian Presidency of EU Council makes Western Balkans a priority
LIBYA: Tajani says imperative for Libya to follow elections path firmly
TRADE: Austrian Presidency seeking to ensure high quality of EU free trade agreements
JAPAN: Talks for EU-Japan investment agreement continue on basis of European ICS approach
MERCOSUR: European Parliament's call for political level mobilisation to support EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
INDONESIA: Friends of the Earth says EU-Indonesia free trade agreement fails sustainability test
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Corporate Europe Observatory criticizes Big Four's influence on EU tax policy
STATE AID: Commission orders Spain to recover €167 million from postal operator Correos
COMPETITION: T-Mobile Austria's acquisition of UPC Austria gets green light
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Court confirms that Jehovah's Witnesses must respect personal data protection rules
NEWS BRIEFS
AFET: EU ready to support technical secretariat of OPCW
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and countries of region say new regional dynamics will enable further cooperation
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: EU hails historic Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between the two countries
WOMEN: Austria supports new gender equality strategy
KAZAKHSTAN: Vice-chair of European Parliament's EU-Kazakhstan delegation calls for civil liberties violations to stop
MEDITERRANEAN: Federica Mogherini reaffirms EU's support and commitment to Union for Mediterranean
UNITED KINGDOM: Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as Foreign Minister
SAHEL: €191 million in humanitarian aid to eight countries in the region
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs approve compromise on medicated feedstuffs
SUDAN: EU regrets that Djibouti and Uganda have not surrendered Omar Al-Bashir to International Criminal Court
UKRAINE: EU asks Kiev to continue work to improve business environment and to tackle protectionist measures