Jean-Claude Juncker's European Commission wants to set up a European public prosecutors office (EPPO) to investigate and clamp down on tax fraud that costs member states an eye-watering £42billion a year.
But with firebrand Wilders’ anti-EU Freedom Party expected to gain seats in elections next March, MPs are reluctant to provide him with more ammunition. They voted against the plan in the Dutch parliament in defiance of recommendations by Justice Minister Ard van der Steur.
Britain, Ireland and Denmark have already opted out of the idea and several other EU governments including Sweden are unlikely to back the European Commission’s proposals at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.
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