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Swiss Bankers Day, 20 September 2007 / Switzerland needs strong-willed politicians / By Pierre G. Mirabaud, Chairman, Swiss Bankers Association

Pierre Mirabaud: In Defense of Swiss Banking / from Project Syndicate

GENEVA – Leaders of the G-20 have now declared that “the era of banking secrecy is over,” and have threatened to take action against “non-cooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens.” No one should include Switzerland among these, for the Swiss government has already offered to improve international cooperation by adopting the OECD’s standard on international administrative assistance on tax issues. …>>

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Series: The tax gap / Response
The Guardian, Thursday 12 February 2009

Switzerland is not a haven for tax evaders
We believe in privacy, and our approach encourages a high degree of taxpayer honesty, says Urs Roth …>>

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swissinfo May 8, 2009 – 10:18 AM     Judge says Swiss deserve response in UBS case

A United States judge says the country’s attorney general must respond to Switzerland’s complaints over a legal case between UBS and the Internal Revenue Service. …>>

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swissbanking.org: Stellungnahme der SBVg zur öffentlichen Anhörung in Berlin vom 25. März 2009 / PDF Stellungnahme (25.03.2009)

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swissbanking.org: Meinungsumfrage 2009 – hohe Zustimmung für die Wahrung der Privatsphäre und das Bankkundengeheimnis – Vertrauen in die Hauptbank nach wie vor hoch …>>

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swissinfo: OECD seeks to heal tax rift with Switzerland
 
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has welcomed “constructive and transparent dialogue” between the Paris-based body and Switzerland.

swissinfo.ch has obtained an exclusive copy of a letter sent on Thursday by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría to Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz. The text gives a detailed reply to Swiss concerns and in a tone contrasting with the earlier war of words. …»

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swissinfo: OECD stimmt gegenüber der Schweiz mildere Töne an
 
OECD Genereralsekretä Gurría begrüsst die Bereitschaft der Schweiz, bis Ende 2009 mit mindestens 12 Ländern neue Steuer-Abkommen auszuhandeln. Auch an einem Treffen der grossen Parteien mit der Regierung stand der Druck auf den Finanzplatz im Mittelpunkt.

Die Organisation für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) hat am Donnerstag ein neues Kapitel aufgeschlagen im Steuerdialog mit der Schweiz…. »

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swissinfo 8. Mai 2009 – 18:28     Parteien stehen hinter starkem Finanzplatz

Die Regierung kann bei seiner Strategie zur Stärkung des Finanzplatzes Schweiz grundsätzlich auf Unterstützung der fünf Bundesratsparteien zählen. Dies ergaben die traditionellen Von-Wattenwyl-Gespräche in Bern. …>>

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swissinfo May 8, 2009 – 12:00 PM     Swiss National Bank vaults back into black

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) reported a profit of SFr4.83 billion ($4.28 billion) for the first quarter of 2009, boosted by exchange rate gains and gold prices. …>>

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04/11/2009 SPIEGEL
THE WORLD’S SHORTEST BLACKLIST

Why the Fight against Tax Havens Is a Sham
By Alexander Neubacher

There were many fine words about the fight against tax havens at the G-20 summit. But the reality looks very different: The OECD’s new tax haven blacklist contains exactly zero entries. …>> 

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swissinfo: Finanzminister Peer Steinbrück gerät wegen seiner heftigen Attacken auf die Steuerpolitik der Schweiz, Liechtensteins und Luxemburgs immer stärker in die Kritik. Selbst Aussenminister und SPD-Kanzlerkandidat Frank-Walter Steinmeier ging am Donnerstag auf Distanz und mahnte zur Mässigung. “Wir tun alle gut daran, die Debatte nicht weiter anzuheizen, sondern auf den Kern der Sache zurückzuführen”, sagte Steinmeier. Er wies vor Journalisten in Berlin den neuesten Afrika-Vergleich Steinbrücks zurück. …>>

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swissinfo: Luxemburg will die Brüsseler Pläne durchkreuzen

Die EU-Kommission fordert einen Vertrag mit der Schweiz zur Amtshilfe bei Steuerhinterziehung. Doch gegen diesen Plan meldete der EU-Staat Luxemburg gestern beim EU-Finanzministerrat in Brüssel Widerstand an. Einmal mehr dürften Worte des deutschen Finanzministers Peer Steinbrück in der Schweiz hohe Wellen werfen – dabei hatte er sich gestern in Brüssel für einmal… »

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swissinfo: USA-Schweiz: auch ein Konflikt zweier Rechtssysteme

Die Schweizer Regierung will das neue Doppelbesteuerungs-Abkommen mit den USA mit einem Gegengeschäft zugunsten der UBS verknüpfen. US-Medien und Anwälte reagieren ablehnend. Der Bundesrat müsse für die
UBS kämpfen, sagen Schweizer Parlamentarier. …>>

Hans-Rudolf Merz on banking secrecy (An official statement) via swissinfo

swissinfo May 1, 2009 – 9:57 AM    Bern calls for halt to US case against UBS

The Swiss government and UBS have urged a Miami court to reject demands from United States tax authorities for details of 52,000 Americans suspected of evading taxes.

The authorities in Bern and the country’s largest bank say disclosure would violate Switzerland’s sovereignty and international law. …>>

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Switzerland Defines Its Position in the Court Proceeding Against UBS
Brief filed with the United States District Court in Miami

Press Release, FDJP, 01.05.2009
Bern. On Thursday, Switzerland filed a brief with the United States District Court in Miami competent in the UBS case. In its brief, the federal government explains its legal position on the case and emphasizes that Switzerland’s legal system, and thus its sovereignty, must be respected. …>>

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Amicus Brief of Government of Switzerland (767 Kb, pdf)

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swissinfo 1. Mai 2009 – 09:48    Bundesrat leistet UBS Schützenhilfe
Die UBS fordert die Abweisung der US-Klage zur Herausgabe von 52′000 Kundendaten. Der Bundesrat schreibt in einem Beibrief, die Klage verletze das Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen und gefährde dessen anstehende Revision. …>>

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Schweiz legt im Verfahren gegen die UBS ihren Standpunkt dar
Eingabe beim Bundesbezirksgericht in Miami eingereicht

Medienmitteilungen, EJPD, 01.05.2009
Bern. Die Schweiz hat am Donnerstag eine Eingabe an das im Fall UBS zuständige Bundesbezirksgericht in Miami eingereicht. Darin erläutert sie ihren rechtlichen Standpunkt zu diesem Fall und unterstreicht, dass ihre Rechtsordnung und damit ihre Souveränität zu respektieren sind. …>>

Galbūt prie progos bus daugiau, dabar trumpai:

Ciuriche gyvena toks J.Drolshammeris, teisininkas su labai įdomia praktika ir ne mažiau įdomiom idėjom bei vizijom. Čia jo įstaiga (prieš tai jis daug metų buvo partneris čia). Savo kontoroj jis įsirengęs tokį Saloną, kuriame, be kitų gerų dalykų, yra toks Acadmic Reading Club. Mano mėgiamas rašytojas M.Amstutz specialiai jiems yra brūkštelėjęs tekstelį, kuriuo šiandien ir tenorėjau pasidalint. Taigi:

At the instigation of Jens Drolshammer we are holding an academic reading club as part of The Salon. … The leitmotiv is the following text by Marc Amstutz that he has edited specially for this occasion. 

The Salon: Why Theory?
by Marc Amstutz

What colour is theory? – it’s a question you often meet. We raise it here not so as to try and find what is anyway an impossible answer. We are really interested in the associations the question evokes. Goethe’s famous phrase, “All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green”, expresses a widely held view of theory – not as an illuminating explicative element, but a dark, obscuring one. To put it another way, what makes life really colourful is not something that theory can encompass.

This view of theory is one that deserves to be opposed (and this is precisely what “The Salon” aims to do in the interdisciplinary field of the humanities and social sciences). Theory ultimately means: questioning one’s own assumptions about the object of one’s reflections. Unlike its origins in ancient Greek (theôreîn: to observe, regard, look), our view is that theory does not consist in the observation of things through pure thought independently of its practical application.

Instead, we see theory as social action: as social action consisting of the formation of social reality. So we follow Luhmann …>>

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Travel freedom vs data protection
Voters will decide on the introduction of electronic passports, including a fingerprint database, on May 17. A broad coalition has raised objections. …>>

swissinfo April 5, 2009 – 10:03 AM “Europe is no longer centre of US attention”

As Barack Obama wraps up his first trip to Europe as president, Switzerland’s former ambassador to the United States talks to swissinfo about the fragile relationship.

Alfred Defago, whose latest book “The United States, Barack Obama and the American Dream” is set to be published in German in May, also explains Switzerland’s role in the new world order. …>>

swissinfo April 1, 2009 – 8:23 AM No clear consensus at G20 summit, warns expert

The London G20 summit is unlikely to be a watershed in efforts to tackle the global financial crisis and economic governance, warns an international economics expert.

Cédric Dupont, professor of political science at Geneva’s Graduate Institute, tells swissinfo that consensus is lacking on specific issues and warns a vague final declaration could seriously damage its credibility. …»

… swissinfo: Switzerland has been an outsider in the G20 process. How can it make its voice heard on questions of global economic governance?

C.D.: For a country the size of Switzerland the only way to be heard and be influential is to develop its capacity to come up with new ideas and technical expertise rather than have a seat of political influence.

It’s normal that the Swiss government would like to sit in the G20, but they have to face the reality that this is very difficult and will become even harder in the future. So Switzerland has to build its reputation on the quality of its interventions and ideas, and offer advice and help to countries in need. … [pabraukta mano - TŽ]

PS: Ekskursas, besidomintiems dvigubos pilietybės tematika: “Professor Cédric Dupont, who has dual French-Swiss citizenship, has been a member of the Graduate Institute since 1995 …”