Dr Ingeborg GRASSLE and her Taxpayers Award 2013

Plenary session week 50 2013 Strasbourg - Call for a measurable and tangible commitment against tax evasion and tax avoidance in the EU  Commission statement

ADLE Seminar: Tax free zones in the EU: a tool against recession

Plenary session week 21 2013 in Strasbourg - Joint debate - European Council meeting (22 May 2013) - tax fraud and tax havens

Plenary session week 21 2013-European Council meeting-tax fraud

CRIM Committee meeting - Public hearing on Money laundering and tax evasion in EU Member States and the consequences on the EU.

Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering with commissioner in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-fraud

The Commissioner for Taxation and Energy Henri SIMONET, during a plenary session in Strasbourg, between 1973 and 1977.

ECON Committee meeting with the European Commissioner in charge of taxation and customs union, audit and anti-fraud

MEP Bart STAES meets with EC Commissionner Algirdas SEMETA in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud.

Taxi cab

Plenary Session week 21 2012 in Strasbourg - Common system for taxing financial transactions

Press conference: Common system for taxing financial transactions

Plenary Session Week 16 - 2012 -  Explanations of votes - Taxation of products and electricity

Plenary Session Week 16 2012     Means to combat the economic crisis, particularly in the Eurozone  Council and Commission statements - Call for concrete ways to combat tax fraud and tax evasion

ECON Exchange of views on Transaction Tax with Commissioner in charge of Taxation and Custom Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Hearing of the European designate commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Hearing of the European Commissioner Designate for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, and Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

UNKN

Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2)

TAX2

Rules against certain tax avoidance practices (debate)

Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (debate)

Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2) / Policy Department: Economic and Scientific Policy

Decision adopted on public tax transparency (debate)

Effectiveness of existing measures against tax evasion and money laundering in light of recent Panama papers revelations (debate)

Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (TAXE II): see Minutes

Commission decision adopted on the Corporate Tax package (debate)

Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2)

TAXE

EP Plenary session - Topical debate - Tax the rich

5 numbers to take away from the plenary: Simone Veil's tribute, planned obsolescence, refugee aid, epidemics and corporate tax avoidance.

5 numbers to take way from Strasbourg: from Simone Veil to HIV

Coming up at the plenary session in Strasbourg: MEPs will discuss Turkey, tax transparency for multinationals, precarious employment, private security companies and the first-ever EU-Cuba agreement.

Coming up in Strasbourg: from Turkey to tax transparency

Key figures to take away from the plenary this week on anti-Semitism, road transport,
 5G, e-books and tax evasion.

From anti-Semitism to e-books: 5 numbers to take away from Brussels

Jeppe KOFOD (S&amp;D, DK), Co-Author, Petr JEZEK (ALDE, CZ), Co-Author, Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Markus FERBER (EPP, DE) and Ana GOMES (S&amp;D, PT) express themselves during the meeting of the Committee of Inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA) in the EP in Brussels.

Committee of Inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA): extracts from the hearing with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC

Coming up in Brussels: from reduced VAT rates for e-publications and tackling fraud, to streamlining the EU's path to becoming a truly digital economy.

Coming up in Brussels: reduced e-book VAT, tackling fraud & more

Joint&nbsp;meeting of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs&nbsp;(LIBE) on the amendment of the blacklist of the countries at high-risk of money laundering- deleting Guyana from the table and adding Ethiopia to that table, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Pervenche BERES (S&amp;D, FR) and Markus FERBER (EPP, DE). The results are: 59 in favour, 7 against, 32 abstentions.&nbsp;

Anti-money laundering - blacklist of non-EU countries: extracts from the vote EP Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

During the EP plenary session (13 - 16 March 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs quiz them on proposals such as country-by-country reporting of profit, tax and subsidies, improving the transparency of the Council Code of Conduct Working Group on Business Taxation, and stronger protection for whistle blowers. Statements by Ian BORG, Maltese Presidency of the EU, Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Peter SIMON (S&amp;D, DE) and Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE).

Follow-up of TAXE recommendations and update on the reform of the Code of conduct Group on business taxation: extracts from the debate

Next Year at the European Parliament: asylum reform, tax scandals, terrorism, ʺdigital bordersʺ and energy and climate.

Coming up at the European Parliament in 2017

Five key figures on the Lux Film Prize, Air quality, European defence, tax evasion and wildlife traficking to take away from the November plenary session in Strasbourg.

5 figures to take away from the plenary

How the European Parliament is cracking down on tax fraud

The European Parliament fights tax fraud

Meeting of the EP Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA), with Professor Joseph STIGLITZ, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Werner LANGEN(EPP, DE), Jeppe KOFOD (S&amp;D, DK), Joseph STIGLITZ, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ),&nbsp; Dariusz ROSATI (EPP, PL), and Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI (S&amp;D, IT).

Exchange of views with Professor Joseph STIGLITZ, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: extracts from the meeting

Former Panama advisor Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz was invited to speak in front of the Panama papers inquiry committee set up by the European Parliament. He called for “zero tolerance” against secret tax structures, and for Europe to lead the way in this fight.

Tax havens are the dark side of globalisation, says former Panama advisor Joseph Stiglitz

Meeting of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA)&nbsp;on anti-money laundering and the&nbsp;state of play of the implementation of EU legislation, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Vĕra JOUROV&Aacute;, Member of the EC in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ), and Dariusz ROSATI (EPP, PL)

Anti-money laundering; state of play of the implementation of EU legislation: extracts from the exchange of views with Věra JOUROVÁ, Member of the EC in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

The sharing economy is turning consumers into entrepreneurs at the tap of a smartphone. But should online platforms such as Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo be treated like traditional companies when it comes to paying taxes, hiring workers or ensuring health and safety standards?  And should the EU step in to set the rules of the new game? Italian MEP Nicola Danti (S&D) thinks so. After organising a workshop with experts on the issue, he will be preparing a report for the European Parliament. He spoke with EuroparlTV about it.

MEP Nicola Danti : the sharing economy is changing the rules of the game

During the EP Plenary session (03-06/10) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the Macroeconomic situation in Greece. Statement by Pierre MOSCOVIC Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs

Macroeconomic situation in Greece: statement by Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs

Press conference by Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the PANA Committee, Jeppe KOFOD (S&amp;D, DK), and Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ), co-rapporteurs, on the Presentation of the work programme of the Inquiry Committee on Panama Papers, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the Panama Papers Inquiry Committee, Jeppe KOFOD (S&amp;D, DK), rapporteur,&nbsp; and Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ), rapporteur.

Presentation of the work programme of the Inquiry Committee on Panama Papers: extracts from the press conference by Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the PANA Committee, Jeppe KOFOD (S&D, DK), and Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ), co-rapporteurs

Press conference by Philippe LAMBERTS (BE), Greens/EFA Co-president (and others) on the Inquiry Committee on Panama Papers - Launch of the European Platform for Whistleblowers, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Michel REIMON (Greens/EFA, AT), Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE), Eva JOLY (Greens/EFA, FR).

Inquiry Committee on Panama Papers - Launch of the European Platform for Whistleblowers: extracts from the press conference by Philippe LAMBERTS (BE), Greens/EFA Co-president (and others)

Meeting of the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA)&nbsp;on the Panama papers, in the EP in Brussels.&nbsp;Statements by Werner LANGEN, Chair TAXE Committee, Bastian OBERMAYER, S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung [based in Washington DC], Kristof CLERIX, Knack magazine, Belgium, Oliver ZIHLMANN, Sonntagszeitung | Le Matin Dimanche, Switzerland, Jan STROZYK, Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany,&nbsp; Petr JEŽEK (ALDE, CZ), Co-rapporteur, and Julia STEIN, Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany.

The Panama papers – Discussion with the investigative journalists behind the revelations: extracts from the Public Hearing at the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA)

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