September 11 2017
France, Germany, Italy and Spain have created a unique coalition. As a result of its activities, Google, Facebook and Amazon are paying more taxes in Europe. In the game powerful sums, because according to. Cautious estimates all EU countries lose 70 billion a year. The only question is, will this time succeed? “There is no UK in this group, and that is where another fiscal haven on our continent can emerge,” says Daria Żebrowska-Fresenbet, of the Global Responsibility Institute.
United Europe has been struggling for years with the common problem of avoiding taxation by the largest global corporations in the world. The thing is not simple, not only because of the legal complexity, but also the lack of unanimity.
Even when all states on the continent officially appear to speak in this matter with one voice, then it soon becomes clear that more important are the interests of the individual. They make Luxembourg’s or Ireland’s largest corporations pay lower taxes.