Germany will on Tuesday call for the European Union to clamp down on the continent’s last tax havens, whose low taxes and bank secrecy rules it sees as an incitement to tax evasion.

Peer Steinbrück, finance minister, will use a meeting with his European counterparts to rally support for tougher EU rules that would force Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and ­Switzerland to co-operate fully with tax authorities in neighbouring countries.