Written Statements

State of EU-Russia relations

We are facing a situation that results from a buildup of mistrust and an extended powerplay that have gone out of control. One major reason for this is that all sides involved have not been acting in good faith. The Ukraine, where complex and and longstanding jealousies between communities have festered for too long, is

Written Statements

Written Statement on Money market funds

Many experts have argued, that trying to model European legislation on MMFs on that in the US, would be a mistake. Still, it needed to be updated. The financial crisis had demonstrated that MMFs were vulnerable to liquidity problems at tough times. The update would set a framework within which MMFs could operate competitively. It

Written Statements

Written statement on the joint debate on the mini-plenary debate ‘Tax policy-Decision adopted on the Tax Transparency policy’ – 25/03/2015

We have witnessed big public relations and political exercises to project the unacceptable activities of “tax havens” in Europe and elsewhere. Beyond obvious excesses in tax adjudication which cannot be justified (no matter who does them and how), these exercises have actually targeted the financial services sectors of a number of EU member states. Most