On 16 May 2017, Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas spoke to parliament on plans for the EU presidency, which Estonia will take over from Malta on 1 July 2017. With respect to taxation, the Prime Minister notes a few main areas Estonia will focus on, which include: Improving the cross-border VAT mechanism; Establishing rules concerning financial advisors; Achieving more efficient cooperation between the tax authorities of different countries; and Finalizing the common EU blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens. Click the following link for the full text of the speech.