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Wopke Hoekstra (l) has said in response to Pandora Papers he did not do anything illegal (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Dutch minister draws fire on EU and tax-havens

Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra should excuse himself from an EU decision on tax-havens after he was named in the 'Pandora Papers' revelations, a leading MEP has said.

EU finance ministers are to rubber-stamp an updated blacklist of shady tax-havens on Tuesday (October 5).

But a leak of financial documents on Sunday tied 27 EU politicians, including Hoekstra to secretive overseas holdings.

And for Paul Tang, a Dutch centre-left MEP who chairs the European Parliament'...

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