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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9610

27 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/switzerland
Swiss reluctantly accept tax reform

Brussels, 26/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a referendum on Sunday 24 February, the people of Switzerland approved, by a very small margin (50.5% for), the government's proposal for tax reform in order to keep the country economically attractive. “The reform will be carried out completely independently, therefore not negotiated with Brussels. But it could be a way out of the dispute with the EU over tax differences between three kinds of corporations,” said Hans-Rudolf Merz, Federal...

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