BMW’s driving to satisfy EU regulations with new 330e

THE profound effect the EU has on the lives of all those within its’ member states has been the subject of much discussion recently — not least because of the whole Brexit fiasco.

Latterly, of course, we have been transfixed by the European Commission ruling which effectively determined that Apple’s tax arrangements in this country effectively amounted to illegal state aid.

Without getting into the rights and wrongs of whether or not Apple now owes Ireland Inc some €13bn in unpaid taxes, this unsavoury and unedifying affair — whether it is simply high politics or not — underlines just how big a role the EU plays in so many different aspects of our daily lives and how its’ rules and regulations actually impact on us.