The days are passing by with no sign of any let-up in the tension, two days after the European Commission's decision to impose a tax adjustment of €13 billion on the American company Apple for its activities in Ireland (see EUROPE 11612).
On Thursday 1 September, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, wrote in the Irish Independent that the Commission's decision was political and not based on facts. The enforcement part of the competition portfolio "doesn't fit into any political picture", but is...