At its constitutive meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, the EU Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) elected Werner Langen (EPP, DE) as its chair, by acclamation.

The Parliament also held its constitutive meeting today with German MEP Fabio De Masi elected as Vice-Chair.

Tasked with investigating alleged contraventions and maladministration of EU law in the fields of money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance, De Masi said of the com...