"Europe faces big challenges. These include kick-starting our economy. Adapting to the rise of emerging econo mies outside Europe. Or maintaining our influence in the world. TTIP could help. At home, it could generate jobs and growth, cut prices when we shop and offer us more choice. And it would boost our influence in the world - by helping us to attract more investment, set high standards in global trade, and protect our values." -  Cecilia Malmström  The European Commission...

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Brussels, 18 March 2015 -- The European Commission today presented a package of tax transparency measures as part of its ambitious agenda to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU. A key element of this Tax Transparency Package is a proposal to introduce the automatic exchange of information between Member States on their tax rulings. Corporate tax avoidance is thought to deprive EU Member States’ public budgets of billions of euros a year. It also undermines...

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There are differences. If there weren't there wouldn't be a negotiation. And this certainly is a negotiation. Which means that it's following the pattern of a negotiation. And that pattern is that you don't solve everything at the beginning and you leave the hard things for the end. For any diligent student that's a bit counter-intuitive. But we know it's the way things work. And it makes our task very clear." -  Cecilia Malmström Commissioner Malmström gave remarks on the...

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The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) this week published a major report calling on the European Commission to deliver widespread reforms to the region's environmental and climate change policies, arguing that without drastic action, escalating climate and biodiversity risks will wreak havoc across the economy. The report, "From crisis to opportunity: Five steps to sustainable European economies", draws on more than 400 separate studies from the likes of the U.N., the OECD, the World Bank, McKinsey, Lord Stern and the EU...

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One of the things the EU does best is coordinating policies that do not respect national boundaries. A report released March 3 by the EU’s European Environment Agency says that over the past five years, EU citizens have benefited from cleaner air and water, sent less waste to landfills, and recycled more, thanks to a coordinated EU environment policy. However, the report warns that the EU still faces risks of environmental deterioration in the next five years and beyond that...

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