At the European Council,“there are at least ten countries, if not more, that have a lot of questions and reservations about the European Commission's proposal to tax the activities of the giants of the Internet”, the Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, told a European summit on 22 and 23 March 2018 (see EUROPE 11982, 11983).
“We think the proposal put forward by the Commission is flawed on a number of accounts. I think it targets US companies and that will no doubt result in a reaction from...