16. UN International conference on financing for development (13-16 July 2015) - Tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges in developing countries (debate)

Verbatim reports

Council and Commission statements: UN International conference on financing for development (13-16 July 2015) (2015/2725(RSP))

Report on tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges for governance, social protection and development in developing countries [2015/2058(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Elly Schlein (A8-0184/2015)

Elly Schlein introduced the report.

Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Hugues Bayet (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Arne Gericke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ignazio Corrao, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Davor Ivo Stier, Pedro Silva Pereira, Heidi Hautala, Nathan Gill, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Norbert Neuser, Joachim Zeller and Arne Lietz.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Anna Záborská, Notis Marias, Stanislav Polčák and Ivan Jakovčić.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica, Nicolas Schmit and Elly Schlein.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.7.2015, item 4.14.