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Diplomats voted by a 125 to 9 majority to set up an UN tax convention, but the EU27 were among 46 abstentions.

EU abstains in vote confirming new UN tax convention

The European Union has hedged its bets on a new UN tax convention designed to draw up new global rules on tax transparency despite diplomats voting by a wide majority to set up the new body. 

The EU27 abstained en bloc in the vote on Wednesday evening (27 November) in New York. The negotiation process fo...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Diplomats voted by a 125 to 9 majority to set up an UN tax convention, but the EU27 were among 46 abstentions.

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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