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European Parliament Speaker calls for tax-evasion crackdown

Schulz says next EU summit should introduce measures

10 May, 16:53
European Parliament Speaker calls for tax-evasion crackdown (ANSA) - Rome, May 10 - European Parliament Speaker Martin Schulz on Friday called for the next summit of European leaders to take action to combat tax evasion. ''Experts calculate that some one trillion euros have been lost as a result of tax evasion. It is important that measures to combat tax evasion and fiscal fraud to be introduced at the next European Council (in June),'' Schulz said after a meeting with Italian Premier Enrico Letta in Rome. ''It would be an important signal'', he said.

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