Yesterday’s hearing between four big multinationals – Apple, Google, IKEA and McDonald's – and members of the European Parliament’s special tax committee (TAXE) on their...
Quote of the week The needs of women refugees have far too often been overlooked. Asylum is not gender neutral and our laws and policies must reflect that. We need a...
The European Parliament’s special tax committee decided last night to produce a report on the progress made by the EU in the fight against tax evasion. S&D Euro MP Jeppe...
Quote of the week "On behalf of my group I expressed our sincere willingness to do our utmost to ensure the UK remains in the EU. Britain leaving would bring about very...
S&D Euro MPs today welcome measures proposed by the European Commission to combat aggressive tax planning by multinationals. They urged EU governments to deliver strong...
A significant proportion of McDonald's profits is suspected to be hidden every year thanks to secret tax deals. The European Commission is taking this matter seriously...
Today, the European Commission has declared the Belgian “excess profit” tax scheme “illegal”. S&D Euro MPs want the Commission to keep investigating and EU governments to...
S&D Euro MPs today called on European finance ministers to overcome their differences in order to secure a deal on the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT)...
Quote "Now is the time to change the world" - Gianni Pittella on COP21 Last week's highlight We're very pleased to have succeeded in achieving a new strengthened mandate...
S&D Group president Gianni Pittella responded to the unfounded allegations about the future of the special TAXE committee, with the following statement: "Philippe...