H.E. Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria October 6, 2016 Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency, Chancellor Kern We, the undersigned, wish to commend you on the concern you have … [Read more...]
Free Trade and Investment, Tax and Human Rights, Part II – Tax
In “The Hidden Wealth of Nations”, Gabriel Zucman writes: “(w)e can no longer continue to liberalize trade while completely ignoring the problems of fiscal dissimulation.” In the World Investment Report 2015, we read: “Ongoing anti-avoidance … [Read more...]
The Proclamation of an Irish Oligarchy by Market Forces
Civil Society demand for Country By Country Reporting (CBCR)
Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission 200, Rue de la Loi 1049 Brussels Brussels, 5 April, 2016 Commission proposal on disclosure of income tax information by certain multinational corporations Dear President Juncker, We, … [Read more...]
TTIP: Civil Society statement on the new EU proposal on Regulatory Cooperation
March 17th 2016 Dear Commissioner Malmström, The undersigned organisations are writing to express our deep concern with the new EU proposal on horizontal regulatory cooperation (dated 19 February 2016) in the EU-US TTIP negotiations . We … [Read more...]