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EU Officials Call for German Cooperation in Tax Probe
June 10, 2015
EurActiv reports that officials from the European Commission and a Member of the European Parliament are calling for full cooperation of the German Government with an EU-wide investigation of whether member states have granted special tax privileges to multinational corporations.
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Hammond: UK Seeks "Democratic" EU in Negotiations
June 10, 2015
Acknowledging the transfer of national sovereignty to the EU from its member states, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond writes in The Irish Times that the UK's negotiated EU reforms must work toward a more democratic bloc with decisions taken closer to the citizens and more powers at the national level.
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CoE Warns ICANN to Respect Human Rights Agenda
June 10, 2015
The Council of Europe's ("CoE") Committee of Ministers has called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), a nonprofit that manages the infrastructure of the internet, to respect international human rights law in assigning domain names and retaining data of domain name holders.
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Governments Force EU to Delay Migration Decision
June 09, 2015
Encountering pressure from EU member states regarding its plan to provide quotas for resettling thousands of migrants from Italy and Greece in other countries, EU Observer reports that the European Commission may delay a decision on this plan until September.
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EU Warns Estonia, Poland of Legal Action over Tax Data
June 09, 2015
Following its call for data on tax rulings from EU member states in the wake of allegations of favorable corporate tax deals in some countries, the European Commission has threatened Estonia and Poland with legal action if they do not send additional data on their tax decisions within the next month.
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