NGOs call on election candidates to target tax-dodging multinationals

EurActiv reported on a protest in Brussels outside the European Parliament building on the 30 April 2014 by representatives of NGOs against tax evasion by multinational company. The campaigners said this harmed the poor in EU countries and developing countries.

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Website: Concord - The European NGO confederation for relief and development http://www.concordeurope.org/

Concord: Spotlight on Policy Coherence for Development 2013 http://www.concordeurope.org/publications/item/259-spotlight-on-eu-policy-coherence-for-development

Eurodad: Topic: Tax Justice http://www.eurodad.org/sites/tax

Eurodad: Report: Giving with one hand and taking with the other - Europe's role in tax-related capital flight from developing countries, 2013 http://www.eurodad.org/takingwithonehand2013

European Parliament: EPRS: Briefing, 23.09.13: Corporate tax avoidance by multinational firms http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/bibliotheque/briefing/2013/130574/LDM_BRI(2013)130574_REV1_EN.pdf

ESO: Background information: EU multinationals scamming Africa out of billions, Tanzanian MP says http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-multinationals-scamming-africa-out-of-billions-tanzanian-mp-says/

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