‘Toothless' EU savaged by MEP for lacking guts as Turkey accused of being tax haven Ciaran McGrath Replay Video UP NEXT Sven Giegold was speaking as the permanent representatives of the EU member states geared up to announce the EU's updated list of tax havens tomorrow. Turkey - led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - is almost certain to be put on further deferral until the end of June 2021 to implement measures for greater tax transparency - a move which Green MEP Mr Giegold regards as an abdication of the bloc's responsibility to its 450 million citizens. He said: "Turkey belongs on the European list of tax havens. The deferral for Turkey is an invitation to evade taxes.