ICAEW is delighted to invite you to the second seminar in our series on ‘A Better International Tax System: EU Perspectives’ on 8 April focused on taxation for innovation.

Europe is in its fifth year of crisis with no signs of any improvement. Rising and persistent unemployment across Europe in the wake of the banking and sovereign debt crises have been further aggravated by the choice of a therapy based on austerity.

To get Europe back on track towards long-term sustainable growth is a key goal in which the financial services industry has a vital role to play.

MEP Gabi Zimmer, President of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL)

invites you to a press conference launching the round table:

The global financial crisis and, in part, fiscal profligacy have contributed significantly to a sharp rise in government debt levels in Europe. Therefore, tackling excessive public deficits and debts has once again become a priority.

The economic and financial crisis is also a political and institutional crisis of the EU system of government.

As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations in 2013, EuroCommerce is co-organising with ECR Europe an important conference in Brussels on 14-15 May which may be of interest to you and your readers.

The European Banking Federation is pleased to invite you to its Conference “Towards an EU-Securities Market: Challenges for Banks“ jointly organized with The Belgian Banking Association (Febelfin).

The European Banking Federation is hosting a press conference on the Financial Transaction Tax, on behalf of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

European economies have been faltering. We look to the business sector to generate the growth on which economic recovery depends.