The European Commission will on Wednesday (24 October) recommend that member states reduce taxes on labour, boost controls on cross-border firms and remove barriers to labour markets for EU newcomers in order to fight against black market work.
In its paper, seen by EUobserver, the commission points out that black market labour continues to eat up as much as 20 percent of countries' GDP, particularly in the south of Europe, such as Italy, Spain and Portugal.
On the other hand, in...
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