Despite a new compromise proposal put forward by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union(see EUROPE B12910A14), EU Finance Ministers failed to reach a unanimous political agreement on the proposed directive that incorporates Pillar II of the OECD agreement on corporate tax reform into the EU.
Although, according to French Minister Bruno Le Maire, the French authorities have “responded to requests” from doubtful Member States, Sweden, Poland and Malta have indeed...