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business

EU risks institutional showdown after German ECB ruling

The European Commission threatened twice in a weekend to sue Germany over a ruling by the country’s constitutional court challenging the European Central Bank’s monetary authority, raising the prospect of an institutional showdown on the continent amid the deepest recession in a century.

world

Update: Malta appeals for outside help to investigate car bomb death of journalist

Brussels Briefing - A lighter look at European events

Brussels Briefing: A weekly round-up of the most interesting news from Europe

business

EU committee set to probe states’ tax deals

business

EU inquiry into tax evasion

Hill set to be quizzed again by EU lawmakers

EU lawmakers will quiz Jonathan Hill for a second time today after they said the UK’s nominee to be the bloc’s next financial services chief failed to satisfy them in an initial hearing last week.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2014

Amazon’s German unit criticised for tax bill

Amazon.com’s main German unit paid income tax of just €3m in 2012 after the group channelled sales to German clients of $8.7bn via Luxembourg units, prompting one lawmaker to call for an investigation of the company.

Sat, 13 Jul, 2013

Brussels briefing

Everybody seems to love our Lucinda

Mon, 21 Jan, 2013

Cross-party MEPs demand single corporate tax rate

Ireland’s low corporate tax level of 12.5% should be doubled to 25% as part of a common rate across Europe, a cross-party group of MEPs said today.

Wed, 24 Nov, 2010

Bailout ‘should cost Ireland double corporation tax’

GERMAN MEPs stepped up the pressure on Ireland over its corporation tax rate insisting that it would have to double if the country needed a bailout.

Tue, 28 Sep, 2010