Brussels, 02/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to proposals presented by the European Commission on Monday 2 February, the member states will no longer be able to invoke banking secrecy to avoid cooperating with each other on issues of tax evasion and fraud. In its adoption of two proposed directives, the Commission is proposing to improve mutual assistance between the taxation authorities of the member states for tax assessment purposes on the one hand, and the recovery of fiscal debt on...