Multinationals that use tax havens and aggressively cut their tax liability should be named, shamed and disadvantaged, the European Parliament’s investigation into the LuxLeaks said.

Ireland still offers unfair tax deals to multinationals despite its claims of being fair and open, Alain Lamassoure, the head of the European Parliament’s tax committee has said.

We bring you a brief look at some of the other news from the European Union from the past week in our Brussels Briefing.

A committee of 45 members of the European Parliament plans to trawl back through more than two decades of national tax agreements with big companies.

A swath of changes to corporation tax in the European Commission’s pipeline topped the Taoiseach’s agenda when he met the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker officially in Brussels.

Amazon’s tax affairs are back in the limelight as the European Union publishes details of its probe into a sweetheart deal with Luxembourg.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has sought to blunt an early challenge to his leadership by rebutting allegations that he presided over sweetheart corporate tax deals during almost 19 years as prime minister of Luxembourg.