Monthly Archives: December 2015

ALDE welcomes the setting up a new special committee on taxation

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament has today welcomed the decision of the European Parliament to set up a new special committee on tax rulings, which will continue the work done by the TAXE committee over th…

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Circular economy: Timmermans’ rubbishes EU waste targets

Circular economy: Timmermans' rubbishes EU waste targets
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe have today expressed their disappointment with the decision by Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner Timmermans to re-table a much less ambitious proposal on the circular economy, after he chose to scrap draft laws supported by the European Parliament earlier this year. The European Commission’s revised proposal, which set waste and incineration targets, will outline weaker final recycling targets than its predecessor and it appears that the Commission has done some clever reshuffling.

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Corporate tax avoidance: European Parliament gives EU Commission deadline to deliver

The European Parliament’s influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has today overwhelmingly adopted a report calling on the European Commission to table a number of legislative proposals to address corporate tax avoidance in th…

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