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‘Luxembourg is a rogue state, Ireland a parasite state’, says French MP
EurActiv ^ | 28 October 2013

Posted on 10/28/2013 11:15:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai

In an interview with EurActiv.fr, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the former French presidential candidate and leader of a small anti-euro conservative party, calls on France to impose minimum conditions on fiscal policy at the EU level, denouncing the fiscal dumping of Luxembourg and Ireland.

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan is a French MP and founder of the conservative political party “Debout la République” (Arise the Republic), known for its strong positions against the euro currency. …

In an interview with EurActiv France, the MP called Luxembourg a “rogue state”, because it “allows the creation of trusts that hide the identity of their shareholders, which costs everybody a lot”, while the Netherlands and Ireland are “parasite states” according to him, because “they offer favorable fiscal conditions to enterprises”.

The solution to tax fraud in Europe, he says, is to establish “a minimal tax of 15% to 20% on all profits in Europe”, something France should put as a sine qua non condition on the Council’s table. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euractiv.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eussr; france; ireland; luxembourg
. . . and they call this guy center-right?
1 posted on 10/28/2013 11:15:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“they offer favorable fiscal conditions to enterprises”.

DUH....
And French business is leaving as fast as they can, which is costing the French government money.


2 posted on 10/28/2013 11:20:45 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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>> Ireland a parasite state, says French MP

Well, who gives a foyk. The French make a disgusting host anyways.


3 posted on 10/28/2013 11:23:31 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Olog-hai

“while the Netherlands and Ireland are “parasite states” according to him, because “they offer favorable fiscal conditions to enterprises””

This is what passes for conservatism in France?


4 posted on 10/28/2013 11:29:42 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: tcrlaf

aawww..........he’s just tryin’ to browbeat them into more economic submission.

the Irish have better cheese anyway and the salmon is to die for.


5 posted on 10/29/2013 12:45:28 AM PDT by lesliecortner (OMG! laz THAT'S SOOO FUNNY!!)
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To: tcrlaf

aawww..........he’s just tryin’ to browbeat them into more economic submission.

the Irish have better cheese anyway and the salmon is to die for.


6 posted on 10/29/2013 12:45:40 AM PDT by lesliecortner (OMG! laz THAT'S SOOO FUNNY!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Socialism is parasitical government ALL OF THEM.. even OURS..


7 posted on 10/29/2013 1:26:38 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: tcrlaf

And this is what passes for conservatism in France.


8 posted on 10/29/2013 2:15:05 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Hey...our Center Right party is supporting ObamaCare, Illegal Alien Amnesty, subsidies for business, and Free Trade with Communist China....there isn’t anything conservative with those things. The GOP now is as bad as a Euro “conservative” Party


9 posted on 10/29/2013 3:08:46 AM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Fact Is: GOPe want ObamaCare.)
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To: Olog-hai

commies on the march for other peoples money


10 posted on 10/29/2013 3:24:05 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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I will never forget a quote I read in Time magazine (back when it was almost bearable reading). It was a story about the as-yet uncompleted Chunnel between England and France. They were interviewing a woman on the Dover end of the tunnel, asking her what she thought about having a rail line directly connecting the two nations. Her response:

"Well, we Brits don't much care for the French. But the French? They don't like anybody."

Priceless.

11 posted on 10/29/2013 5:22:48 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Kinda makes Mark Levin’s epithet “French Republicans” become more literal in its description.


12 posted on 10/29/2013 6:44:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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