François Paquay contributed to this article
By opposing the introduction of a fiscal transparency obligation for companies in the review of the shareholders' rights directive, EPP members of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) have provoked strong criticism within Parliament. Questions are being asked over the coherence of the largest group in the EP – since an EPP member, Alain Lamassoure (France), presides over the TAXE special committee. TAXE is responsible for looking into the practice of advance…