Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra should excuse himself from an EU decision on tax-havens after he was named in the 'Pandora Papers' revelations, a leading MEP has said.
EU finance ministers are to rubber-stamp an updated blacklist of shady tax-havens on Tuesday (October 5).
But a leak of financial documents on Sunday tied 27 EU politicians, including Hoekstra to secretive overseas holdings.
And for Paul Tang, a Dutch centre-left MEP who chairs the European Parliament'...
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Already a member? Login hereWester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.
Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.