Taxation
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European Union: ‘EU trading tax takes slow road’
31 May 201370 4PresseuropThe Wall Street Journal Europe -
Tax Evasion: ‘Brussels boosts tax avoidance measures’
6 May 201334 2PresseuropFinancial Times -
France: ‘75% tax: Hollande to make companies pay’
29 March 201365 6PresseuropLes Echos -
Taxation: ‘G20 to attack tax avoidance routes’
18 February 201322 3PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Belgium: ‘How Mittal paid 1.4% tax over 4 years’
28 January 2013135 1PresseuropLe Soir -
Taxation: ‘Tax on financial transactions: it’s (almost) ready’
23 January 201336 2PresseuropLa Tribune -
Russia: Dance for Vladimir
7 January 201373 SME Bratislava -
Spain : EU opposes publishing tax evaders list
18 December 2012161 8PresseuropEl Economista -
France : Taxing times for wealthy Gauls
17 December 2012248 70 Le Monde Paris -
The front page: 19 November 2012
19 November 201214PresseuropKleine Zeitung, Financial Times, La Tribune & 4 others -
Finance : Road clear for Tobin Tax
10 October 201261 21PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg, Die Tageszeitung, De Standaard -
Central Europe: Government policies push firms to tax havens
9 August 201253 5PresseuropSME, Hospodářské Noviny -
Finance: Scuppered
26 March 201222 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
EU-Switzerland: Two Swiss in Brussels
21 March 201231 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
European Union: Nine countries back Tobin Tax
12 March 2012132 37PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Finance: Taxing times for Sarkozy
30 January 2012PresseuropBlog -
Debate: Europe’s seven deadly sins (2/2)
15 December 2011237 24 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Debate: Europe’s seven deadly sins (1/2)
14 December 2011498 21 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Press review: Barroso goes for bravado
29 September 201164 7Presseurop -
Debt crisis: Greece in no state to pay
2 September 2011235 13 Libération Paris -
Tax: Problem for the rich
31 August 201176 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
Economic crisis: Please tax me, I’m fabulously rich
30 August 2011427 1 The Guardian London -
France-Germany: Nice ideas, shame about the delay
17 August 201141 5 La Stampa Turin -
EU budget: Tug of war between EU27 and Commission
30 June 2011PresseuropPresseurop -
Banks: The hunt is on for tax fraudsters
8 December 2010PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
France: Top companies living off state handouts
10 November 2010PresseuropLibération -
Spain: Tax evaders forced to pay up
27 October 2010PresseuropPúblico -
San Marino: Death of a tax haven
18 October 201063 La Stampa Turin -
Austerity: Portugal gasps as tax hikes announced
24 September 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Integration: Eurotax kite won't fly because the EU is a members' club, not a union
13 August 2010PresseuropBlog -
Cinema: Europe sweet-talks Hollywood
9 August 201047 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Greece: The great tax fraud hunt is now on
4 August 201080 1 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Taxation: Paris and Berlin sing from same tax sheet
22 July 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
United Kingdom: Green taxation, green sadism?
21 July 201012PresseuropBlog -
Romania: Austerity doesn't come cheap
28 June 2010PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
TAX HAVENS: Spain in double bind over Gibraltar deal
3 May 2010PresseuropEl País -
Romania: Internet to phase out tax bureaucracy
12 April 2010PresseuropGandul -
Poland: Fingering pan-EU VAT fraud
31 March 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Europhrenia: Losing Angela in translation
5 February 2010PresseuropBlog -
Germany/Switzerland: Tax money has no smell
2 February 201031 1 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Chappatte, Le Temps (Geneva): Angela goes a-hunting
2 February 2010 -
Tax evasion: Falciani strikes again
1 February 20101PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Romania: Bucharest has knives out for junk food
7 January 2010PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
COP15: Save the planet - get rid of the state
22 December 200912 2 El País Madrid -
France-UK: Sarkozy and Brown squeeze bankers
11 December 2009PresseuropLes Echos -
Finance: Italy settles Swiss account
12 November 2009La Stampa Turin -
EU budget: A European tax in the offing
10 November 2009PresseuropDie Presse -
Financial Crisis: Trouble in tax paradise
29 October 2009PresseuropThe Guardian -
European Union: 27 ways out of the crisis
23 October 2009Le Monde Paris -
United Kingdom: Police dismantle vast carbon credit fraud
28 August 2009PresseuropLe Monde
Actor Gérard Depardieu, an icon of French cinema, is settling in Belgium to benefit from the country's lower tax rates. His decision unleashed a passionate debate on tax rates for the wealthy, economic patriotism and European fiscal policy. 
The politicians of Europe love to flourish the flag of Community togetherness. But in their day-to-day politicking they give the lie to their supposed virtues. The second part of Die Zeit's list of national egotisms that are harming the Community. 
The politicians of Europe love to flourish the flag of Community togetherness. But in their day-to-day politicking they give the lie to their supposed virtues. Die Zeit has compiled a cheat-sheet of national egotisms that are harming the Community. 
In his “Speech of the Union” to the European Parliament on September 28, the President of the Commission sought to defend his institution and put forward concrete proposals to leave the crisis behind. But the European press has no illusions about his true room for manoeuvre. 
Greek debt is now out of control. This disturbing conclusion, issued by a parliamentary committee, comes from Athens itself. Asphyxiated by a recession severer than expected and undermined by the black economy, the country looks unlikely to meet its repayment deadlines. 
As governments prepare their 2012 budgets, with the middle classes expected to tighten austerity belts to clean up the public accounts, more and more super-rich in several countries are expressing their readiness to share the burden and are asking to pay more tax. 
The steps proposed by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy during their meeting on August 16 are useful for tackling the debt crisis – and the crisis could have been avoided if they had been taken months ago. 
Hitherto deemed a safe haven beyond the taxman’s clutches, this tiny republic in the foothills of the Apennines has been hard hit by the economic crisis and the Italian clampdown on capital flight. 
For years, European film boards have been competing with offers of tax breaks and subsidies to lure major US film producers to their studios. France is the latest country to adopt such a strategy, but it still lacks the appropriate infrastructure. 
To refill the public coffers and fulfil its international obligations, George Papandreou’s government is pulling out all the stops – and cracking down on Greek tax evaders. 
€2.5m for the names of 1500 Germans hiding money in Switzerland. The deal the German government might make with an informant has ignited a moral powder keg: can the state bend the law to suit its interests? 
The main obstacle to a climate deal at the Copenhagen Conference was state sovereignty. The solution, argues political scientist José Ignacio Torreblanca, lies in exporting the EU’s know-how and institutional approach. 
The tax amnesty Berlusconi’s government recently announced, with a view to repatriating hidden hoards in Swiss banks, is causing strife with Switzerland, which Rome accuses of abetting tax dodgers.
In Europe, signs of recovery have encouraged governments to implement further measures to facilitate a return to growth. However, as Le Monde reports, Europe's 27 member states are unable to adopt a coordinated approach to "exit the crisis," and remain as divided as they were when the recession began a year ago. - 1 of 2
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