Monday January 25, 2021, 12:44 PM
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of adding UK overseas territories, including Jersey and Guernsey, to the list last week. Credit: PA Images
Pressure is mounting to add the Channel Islands to the EU’s tax haven blacklist following the conclusion of Brexit negotiations.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of adding UK overseas territories, including Jersey and Guernsey, to the list last week. But that vote only represents the sentiments of MEPs, as the European Parliament has no role in establishing the list.
The Channel Islands inclusion in the list will be decided by the European Council based on a set of criteria concerning tax transparency and fair taxation, and the implementation of international standards against tax based erosion and profit sharing.
President of EU National Populists Joins International Backlash Against Tech Censors
21 Jan 2021
Jerome Riviere, president of the Identity and Democracy group, the bloc of national populist and national conservative parties in the European Parliament, condemned big tech censorship in a speech at the EU legislature this week.
The Identity and Democracy groups includes Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from a number of mainstream national populist parties in European countries.
The parties include Matteo Salvini’s Lega
party in Italy, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, and Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany.
The European Parliament (EP) is concerned that large parts of Ukraine and Georgia are still occupied by Russian troops. MEPs passed two annual reports, condemning the Russian occupation of Ukraine and Georgia.
The European Commission responded to the European Citizens Initiative ‘Minority Safepack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe , the fifth successful Initiative supported by over 1 million citizens across the EU. The Initiative aims to improve the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities. The Commission s reply carefully assesses the proposals made […]
Friday, January 15, 2021
The United States (US) continues to focus on the aftermath of the US Capitol Building attack on 6 January, as it looks to move forward with a peaceful transition of power this coming week. Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) process for approving the EU-United Kingdom (UK) trade deal took another step forward this week, as the European Parliament began its review.
Looking ahead, addressing concerns with the People’s Republic of China (“China”) remains an area of potential mutual cooperation among the transatlantic trading partners. Separately, the US shined a spotlight this week on collusion between al-Qaeda and Iran, which may further complicate efforts to address Iran’s increased uranium enrichment levels (as noted in our 11 January report).