The Commission is right in seeking to streamline and prioritize the approach to the European Semester. However the political rhetoric used to frame and run initiatives has an influence that extends beyond their scope. On the issue of taxation for instance, the need for Europe-wide action should be restricted to the need for transparency. Widening
I would like, of course, to start by thanking and congratulating Mr. Rosati, our Rapporteur, for the work he did. I should also congratulate him for being here and being just as fresh as all the times we had clashes together because he has just come from a long trip to Peru, and he has
Thank you Mr. President, first I would like to start by congratulating our rapporteur for a very interesting report. Well researched and well presented. Some points that come out it though will need further elaboration. It is clear that competition is one of the major functions of the Commission at the moment; it has become
AS intervention in ECON 23.09.2015 on the draft INI report of MEPs Dodds-Niedermayer on “Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to Corporate Tax policies in the Union” Thank you very much Mr. Chairman, what I would like to just indicate again in this meeting is this, that it is very important to have transparency in tax
Growth rates in the Eurozone remain low and even if some industrial indicators have recently been better than anticipated, the recovery is still considered fragile. The European semester is designed to coordinate economic developments across member states with the aim of reinforcing growth. This aim has been emphasized for the 2015 programme when the so-called
I start by congratulating Mr Rosati for a clear and well focussed report that has also the merit of being very much to the point. However while having this merit, the report might also be overlooking some points which a number of us here consider to be quite important. We have come to consider country
