EU sues UK over illegal taxes as post-Brexit tension rises
The two have had disagreements over the export of Covid-19 vaccines and the UK refusing to grant full rights to the EU’s ambassador in London
19 March 2021 - 17:17
Brussels — The EU has sued the UK for failing to recover illegal tax breaks doled out to multinational firms, in the second legal move against the former member state this week.
Authorities still haven’t clawed back all of the €100m in tax breaks aimed at luring multinational firms to the UK territory of Gibraltar, more than two years after the EU ruled them illegal, the European Commission said in a Friday statement...
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