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Winther, Bent
3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The German tax inquiry is spreading across Europe
Danish Tax Minister Kristian Jensen is hesitating to ask Germany to share information that the German Federal Intelligence Service bought from Liechtenstein, arguing that the files were stolen. Such data could eventually help in filing charges against Danish tax evaders. Bent Winther surmises that Jensen would be less hesitant if the issue were welfare funds or childcare assistance obtained under false pretences. "Instead of shying away from doing something about these wealthy individuals and the information available on them, the Danish government should move ahead, with Germany, against the tax evading countries of Switzerland, Monaco, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. For decades the EU tried in vain to put pressure on these countries to give up their anti-social banking secrecy, which they use to attract enormous sums of illegal, untaxed capital."
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The Danish government loses its majority
The conservative Danish MP Pia Christmas-Møller is leaving her party to become an independent. For Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's government coalition this means the loss of its slim majority in the Folketing (the Danish parliament). The newspaper comments: "Unless the government is able to achieve continuous cooperation in the new parliament there is the danger that it will simply drift from one crisis to the next. The transition from a majority position to having to negotiate every single issue won't be easy. But the opposition also faces a challenge: for the first time in years the Social Democrats will have to decide between a tough opposition policy and a pragmatic approach. If [the leader of the Social Democrats] Helle Thorning-Schmidt opts for the latter she has a good chance of pushing through a series of sweeping reforms - ranging from fiscal and social policy to asylum and climate policy."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Denmark
Egypt's Boycott of Danish Products
Egyptian companies have started to boycott Danish products in reaction to the Mohammed cartoons published in Denmark. According to the paper's acting editor-in-chief editor Bent Winther, they're simply attempting to conceal the democratic shortcomings of their own country with their actions. but Winther also criticises Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "The prime minister should have agreed to attend the meeting proposed by Arab ambassadors. This would have given him the opportunity to explain the Danish government's position. As we all know, dialogue promotes mutual understanding and diplomacy is the final vent before the kettle boils over and war breaks out. Now Anders Fogh Rasmussen is stuck in a no win situation. His opportunities for dialogue have run out. If he takes action, everybody will know that Denmark's export trade takes precedence over its principles. If he doesn't react, the boycotting of Danish products will probably spread throughout the Muslim world."
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