EU removes Seychelles from tax blacklist despite Pandora Papers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The scheme only targets countries outside of the European Union, exempting member states like the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland and Malta, which are often described as tax havens by international advocacy groups.
46% : "I think the solution is that those people are kicked out because when it comes to tax dodging, we have the solution: transparency, a credible list of tax havens and a common tax base at the EU level to make sure both multinationals and billionaires are paying their fair share of taxes," Aubry said.
44% : The European Union has decided to remove Seychelles from its official blacklist of tax havens, despite the archipelago being named as one of the main destinations for offshore companies in the Pandora Papers, a massive trove of leaked data exposing the secret dealings of the wealthy elites.
40% : "Someone dodging taxes is giving lessons to poor people for them to pay the crisis and deciding which countries should be in the list of taxes havens or not," she said.

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