Strasbourg, 18/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament supports the line taken by the Commission and the Council compromise on savings tax and adopted the report by Spanish Socialist Fernando Perez Royo in the framework of the consultation procedure. During the debate, MEPs focussed on the importance and problems of the negotiations that are underway with third countries to get them to adopt "equivalent measures" to those implemented in the EU.
The rapporteur pointed out that as...