A new study by the European Commission concludes that the Member States of the European Union lost around 46 billion euros in tax revenue in 2016 as a result of tax evasion by private individuals. The German tax authorities…

At the 7th European REUSE Conference, on 24 September 2019, I was asked to speak on the implementation of reuseable packaging in Europe. The conference was organised by Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.), the European Association of Beverage…

Today, Members of the European Parliament have voted on a resolution calling on Member States to make progress on measures designed to improve tax transparency for multinationals. In the five years since the LuxLeaks scandal, which showed the extent…

The financial centre of Malta, which has been hit by money laundering and corruption scandals, cannot shake off its reputation as a gateway to dirty money. Deutsche Bank will therefore cease all activities as a correspondent bank in Malta…

Today, 10 October 2019, the President of the Eurogroup, Mario Centeno, declared in a press conference the decision taken on the eve regarding the establishment of a budget for the euro area. The so-called budgetary instrument for competitiveness and…

Today the Eurogroup decided to nominate Fabio Panetta to succeed Benoît Coeuré as a member of the ECB Executive Board. Following the departure of Mrs Lautenschläger, there would now be five men and only one woman (Christine Lagarde) on…