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Nick Shaxson ■ Why big time tax dodgers love Jean-Claude Juncker

Why big time tax dodgers love Jean-Claude Juncker

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25 June 2014

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< 1 min

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On the plus side, he is quite the joker

On the plus side, he is quite the joker

From Private Eye, a commentary on Jean-Claude Juncker, and our quote of the day:

“Supporters of would-be European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker should perhaps pause to examine the great man’s record of wreaking fiscal havoc across the continent.”
. . .

[under his tutelage] the Grand Duchy became the member of the economic club that pilfered from the club’s funds.

Our quote of the day in bold. Now read on.

The author

Nick Shaxson

Nicholas Shaxson is a journalist and writer on the staff of Tax Justice Network. He is author of the book Poisoned Wells about the oil industry in Africa, published in 2007, and the more recent Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the Men who Stole the World, published by Random House in January 2011. He lives in Berlin.

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