Let us continue our inventory of examples to inspire hope.
The important question of the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) has been under discussion in European circles since the 1980s. A proposal that was prepared in 1988 ended up never being presented by the Commission, in a kind of ex antecensorship, such is the deterrent effect of unanimity. In 2011, a proposal was formally adopted; ministerial meetings would subsequently throw in the towel. On 25 October 2016, the Commission...