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Combating fraud and tax evasion is a goal that must also be vigorously pursued at EU level. We therefore welcome measures that provide for greater coordination and better exchange of information between EU Member States.
There is however one point of the report which baffles me, which is why I decided to abstain in the final vote. In my opinion, Member States must retain the option to make agreements with third countries, if such negotiations can bring benefits in terms of recovering illegally exported money.
It would be desirable however if these problems could be prevented
making it more difficult to find shelter in tax havens or obliging countries where it is then extremely difficult to investigate the nature and provenance of the money. The phenomena of fraud and tax evasion are common to all EU Member States and therefore a coordinated initiative would definitely be useful, without this being tantamount to giving up fiscal sovereignty or restricting Member States’ actions.
Where offences have been committed, they are offences against the citizens of every single country, so every single country is therefore right to act to protect its interests in the way it deems best."@en1
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