The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted by a large majority (43 votes in favour, 7 against and 9 abstentions), on Thursday 3 February, the draft own-initiative report by Luděk Niedermayer (EPP, Czech Republic) calling on the European Commission to present a series of proposals to better combat fraud and tax evasion.
In particular, the Commission is invited to propose ways to close the remaining loopholes in the Directive governing the settlement of...