Liechtenstein - Amsterdam Aesthetics originally published at Liechtenstein - Amsterdam Aesthetics
(28 Feb 2008)
1. Wide interior of the Council of the European Union
2. Close-up EU flag
3. Wide of journalists waiting at entrance
4. Liechtenstein Prime Minister Otmar Hasler getting out of car
5. Cutaway cameraman
6. SOUNDBITE (German) Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
“I am happy to be able to sign the Schengen and Dublin agreement. That is an important step for the integration and also for tax cooperation. I can also tell you that the negotiations for a comprehensive anti-fraud agreement with the EU have made very good progress with all member states, including Germany. I am optimistic that we will be able to conclude this agreement. We will then have a European standard and I think this is the right way. We want to continue further on the path that we have chosen.”
7. Cutaway of mobile phone
8. Hasler enters building
9. Exterior Council of the European Union
10. Hasler coming out
11. Cutaway of camera
12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein:
“In Europe, there are different ideas of what constitutes tax fraud and tax deviation, therefore this term will have to be defined during negotiations. Tax fraud is expected to go beyond the Liechtenstein definition.”
12. Cutaway wide
14. SOUNDBITE (German) Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein: ++NON VERBATIM TRANSLATION++:
“The last few days have been difficult but I am confident the problems can be overcome.”
15. Hasler leaving
15. Wide of news conference German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble
16. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schaeuble, German Interior Minister ++NON VERBATIM TRANSLATION++:
“We expect the commitment Liechtenstein has made be fulfilled.”
17. Cutaway press conference
STORYLINE:
Liechtenstein has signed up to the European Union’s passport-free travel zone amidst growing criticism among EU governments that the tiny principality is acting as a shelter for tax evaders from abroad.
Otmar Hasler, Liechtenstein’s Prime Minister, said the agreement was an important step in tax cooperation between his country and the European Union.
Hasler also said that the agreement, which will see his Alpine nation join the EU’s borderless travel zone in November along with Switzerland, would also help to boost cooperation on tax matters.
The signing took place on the margins of EU justice and interior ministers’ talks, while EU concerns over Liechtenstein’s tax haven policies were also discussed.
German officials have said approval of Liechtenstein’s membership in the zone could be held up if the mini-state doesn’t agree to new anti-fraud measures with the EU.
“We expect the commitment Liechtenstein has made be fulfilled,” said German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
Unless there are parliamentary obstacles, the Alpine nation should join the borderless travel zone in November along with Switzerland,
The pact would also help in boosting cooperation on tax matters, said Otmar Hasler, Liechtenstein’s prime minister, who signed the agreement in the margins of EU justice and interior ministers talks.
He added that separate negotiations to get an anti-fraud agreement with the EU “have made very good progress.”
He said, however, that while his country had to live up to certain duties, the EU also had to respect the rights and legal traditions of Liechtenstein
and treat it as an equal.
“In Europe, we have different ideas of what constitutes tax fraud and tax deviation, therefore this term will have to be defined during negotiations,”
Hasler said.
“Tax fraud will, if we follow these negotiations, go beyond the Liechtenstein definition.”
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