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22 Mar 18
The UK could be punished by the European Union if it tries to lower corporate tax to attract business after leaving the bloc, tax campaigner Dame Margaret Hodge has told PF International.
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21 Mar 18
Future farm spending in the EU should be based on performance targets and achieve the union’s definition of ‘added value’, European auditors have said.
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21 Mar 18
The European Union has proposed new rules to make companies pay their fair share of tax in the digital age.
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20 Mar 18
EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
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19 Mar 18
The French and German leaders have met to start work on a new ‘roadmap’ for major reform of the eurozone, which is likely to include changes from budgetary issues to trade.
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19 Mar 18
Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
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15 Mar 18
The French central bank has revised up its 2018 economic growth forecast to 1.9%, following the strongest growth in six years.
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15 Mar 18
Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
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15 Mar 18
Accountants who help companies dodge tax by shifting profits to low-tax countries could risk fines, under new European proposals to tackle avoidance and improve transparency.
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14 Mar 18
European Union funding to help Turkey prepare itself for EU membership has had only a “limited effect”, auditors have found.
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13 Mar 18
The eurozone is expected to pay out the next €5.7bn bailout loan tranche to Greece in the second half of March, the president of the Eurogroup has announced.
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13 Mar 18
The French president has reversed a decade of defence budget cuts by approving nearly €300bn in military spending by 2025, as he pushes for military service to be compulsory.
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7 Mar 18
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed a five-year strategy to guide its investment and policy work in Serbia.
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6 Mar 18
The European Commission has pledged to give €24m in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by the conflicts in eastern Ukraine.
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5 Mar 18
Finland should introduce new reforms to boost growth and stabilise its public finances, the OECD has said.
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1 Mar 18
Russia’s president has said he will halve poverty in the country within the next six years, in a speech before an election he is expected to win later this month.
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1 Mar 18
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to create an anti-corruption court to ensure it receives a loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund to reform and boost economic development.
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28 Feb 18
The European Commission has approved a €70m public support scheme for electric buses and infrastructure in Germany.
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28 Feb 18
Recent revelations about sexual exploitation in aid contexts was caused by Britain’s failure in its duty to put the beneficiaries first, the UK international development secretary has said.
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27 Feb 18
The eurozone needs to be more politically unified otherwise it will leave countries - especially those that already have high levels of public debt - vulnerable to economic shocks, say directors in...
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27 Feb 18
The Western Balkan countries could join the European Union by 2025 if they meet the criteria for membership, the European Commission chief has said.
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26 Feb 18
Germany’s public sector workers have had their claim for a 6% pay rise rejected by the federal government and municipalities because it was too much and would force the outsourcing of jobs.
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26 Feb 18
The European Union is ready to regulate cryptocurrencies if it is not done so at the global level, the bloc’s financial services chief has said.
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21 Feb 18
The UK will withhold funding from the United Nations if it does not take action amid accusations of employee sexual misconduct, the secretary for international development has warned.
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21 Feb 18
The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.