Tax havens should be illegal. The only people who need to keep their houses, businesses, and income secret are crooks and tax cheats

in other news: the vast majority of Tax Havens are British teritories or protectorates.

In other, other news: The EU was going to make this illegal, and this intention spawned a lot of support for Brexit, so UK interests would not have to comply.

Euro-Office: sovereign in name only, or in reality too?

The announcement of the Euro-Office is welcome news. The coalition is credible, the governance is sound and the timing is perfect. Europe needs office software, and we are delighted to see such significant players allocating resources to make it happen.
However, we have a question. It is not meant to be hostile, but it is the only question that matters.

What is the native document format of Euro-Office?

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/euro-office/

The London mobilisation did not just outnumber the far right. It shattered their sense of momentum. What happened on the streets was more than a demonstration. It was a public proof of concept that mass, broad based anti fascism still has deep roots in this country. And the shockwaves inside far right networks since then tell us exactly how to keep them contained.

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Europe’s $24T breakup with Visa & Mastercard has begun. ECB’s Lagarde warns almost all EU card/mobile payments still run on non‑European rails, sending spending data outside the EU. Now EPI + EuroPA are launching Wero, a pan‑EU wallet for 130M users to pay cross‑border without US networks. A huge shift for payment sovereignty—and data privacy.

#payments #fintech #eu #wero #datasovereignty

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/