Reacting to the news that the European Commission is to investigate tax deals made by Apple, Starbucks and Fiat with national tax authorities, Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation said:
“A clamp down on tax avoidance by multinational companies is long overdue. It is immoral of multinationals to avoid tax at a time when citizens are paying the price for the crisis. As Commissioner Almunia rightly said, multinationals must pay their fair share.”
She added “We have heard a lot recently about needing less Europe. But here we see the advantages of working together to get a fair contribution from the multinationals.”
