Spain: Minimum income: Socialist government backs benefit for 850,000 vulnerable families

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, from the ruling Socialist Party, described it as "historic measure", adding: "a country does not prosper if it leaves out part of its population".

He said that it will "protect those who are having the worst time, fight poverty and contribute to the economic recovery of the country".

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Spain minimum income: Socialist government backs benefit for 850,000 vulnerable families | Euronews

US Economy: New wave of U.S. layoffs feared as coronavirus pain deepens

 Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been
crushed fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and more second-wave layoffs in
the private sector likely contributed last week to a 10th straight week
of more than 2 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits.

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New wave of U.S. layoffs feared as coronavirus pain deepens - Reuters

Coronavirus: Netherlands reports 15 new coronavirus deaths

The Netherlands reported 190 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 45,768.

According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RVIM),virus-related deaths in the country reached 5,871 as 15 more peoplelost their lives.

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Netherlands reports 15 new coronavirus deaths

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

The economy has gone from President Donald Trump's greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness.

Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Consumer spending is vanishing. And GDP is collapsing. History shows that dreadful economic trends like these spell doom for sitting presidents seeking reelection.

The coronavirus recession will cause Trump to suffer a "historic defeat" in
November, a national election model released Wednesday by Oxford
Economics predicted.

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Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts - CNN

Netherlands: Mink pass coronavirus to humans in the Netherlands

 At least two people have caught the coronavirus from mink in theNetherlands, in probably the first mink-to-human transmission cases. The risk of infection outside mink farms is "negligible," Dutch officials said.

Read more at: Mink pass coronavirus to humans in the Netherlands | News | DW | 25.05.2020

The Netherlands: Travelling to, from and within the Netherlands: What are the rules?

At the moment, and ever since the safety measures have been in placeto prevent further spread of coronavirus, travel has been confined toonly essential journeys until further notice.

As restrictions are being eased,many people are wondering how this will affect them travelling withinthe Netherlands and travelling abroad. Lots of people are wondering

if there is any chance of (or point in) planning holidays. We have puttogether a guide to travelling, in relation

Regarding entering the Netherlands, the ban on non-essential travel implementedon March 19 has been extended until June 15. This means that all travelfrom third countries to Europe (all EU countries, Schengen areacountries and the UK) is not permitted unless absolutely essential.

If your reason for travelling is deemed unessential, you can be refusedentry into the Netherlands.

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Travelling to, from and within the Netherlands: What are the rules?

Multinational Tax Evation: Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – by Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio

The Netherlands’ insistence that everyone ‘go Dutch’ on mushrooming coronavirus deficits in the European Union has (given its complicity) revived the debate on tax havens within the EU. In an ideal world, action on joint debt issuance should go hand in hand with tax harmonisation and brakes on fiscal dumping.

But, given the current standstill in Europe, it is more likely that national solutions to avoid tax-base erosion will be sought, at least in the near future. Enforcing transparency and leveraging on company reputations could be enacted more effectively than the bans and regulations currently considered.

Note Almere-Digest:  The Netherlands Government of  Mark Rutte is one of the major EU culprits in facilitating these Multi- National Corporations (Mainly US companies) to dodge paying their local country taxes, by registering them as "special status" Dutch corporations.

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Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio