Fiscal union must include common tax base: Juncker

Plans for greater EU integration, due to be sketched out at the leaders’ summit in three weeks, should include changes to tax policy including a common corporate tax base, Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker said.

He is one of five people drawing up proposals for greater fiscal and political union to come before the summit in response to the crisis threatening the euro.

“These are crucial days and weeks,” said Mr Juncker, who is also the leader of the eurozone finance ministers’ group.