IRISH DIPLOMACY WILL WORK HARD TO ENSURE EU TAX RULES REMAIN LIBERAL, NOW BRITAIN HAS LOST ITS SAY
March 2nd, 2020
WITH Britain having finally bowed out from the European Union (EU) on January 31, Ireland has lost its allied English-speaking Atlantic-oriented member state, with which it has fought battles within the EU Council of Ministers against proposals for greater harmonisation of EU tax rules. Of course, Malta and Cyprus are also Anglophone to a significant degree (and keen to protect their tax rights) and the Netherlands has been a common UK ally on opposing tax harmonisation, but Ireland will need diplomatic smarts to protect its position in the EU following Brexit. ...
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