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Merz appoints consultant in Italian tax affair

This content was published on Oct 31, 2009 Earlier this week Italy carried out a raid on branches of Swiss banks in the country as part of a tax amnesty, a move which caused an outcry in Switzerland, particularly in Italian-speaking Ticino. Merz, who also holds the finance portfolio, said that Respini, who hails from Ticino, would be tasked with bringing the political,…