Leo Varadkar warns EU on 'flawed' digital tax plan

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned the EU’s new digital tax could fuel the threatened transatlantic trade war and claimed as many as 10 member states now oppose the proposed levy.

Over dinner at an EU summit in Brussels, leaders held heated talks on the proposed tax, which is being pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron, among others, in a clampdown on tech firms.

Mr Varadkar reiterated his opposition to the tax, saying it is “flawed” on a number of fronts and could heighten tensions with the US, many of whose tech firms would be hit with it.