Greece Targeting Tax Dodgers Seeks U.K. Model From Swiss

Greece’s chronic difficulties with tax evasion was a topic of discussion today when Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras met his Swiss counterpart Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Athens.

“We reiterated that we want the British model” for Greece, Stournaras said after the meeting, referring to a 2011 withholding tax agreement between Switzerland and the U.K. “We want all Greeks, including those who held money in Switzerland to participate in the fiscal adjustment burden.”