It is no small victory, in the view of the European Union. On Tuesday 5 December, its finance ministers agreed on the first blacklist of 17 jurisdictions outside the EU that are non-cooperative in taxation matters.
These 17 third countries come under fire because they have made no commitments, or insufficient commitments. Three of them are reported to have sent letters over the night of Monday to Tuesday, but unsuccessfully at this stage. However, their commitments will be evaluated and they...