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Irish Official Criticizes EU's Apple Tax Demand
August 17, 2017
In a recent interview, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe criticized the European Commission's demand that Ireland collect €13 billion from tech giant Apple in back taxes and warned that the EU should be focusing on completing its banking union rather than establishing a eurozone budget and finance minister.
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German Court Refers Asset-Purchase Challenge to ECJ
August 16, 2017
Reuters reports that the German Federal Constitutional Court has referred a legal challenge of the European Central Bank's (ECB) $2.7 trillion asset-purchase scheme to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ), expressing doubt that the policy, commonly known as quantitative easing, is within the ECB's mandate under EU law.
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UK Plans "Invisible" Post-Brexit Border with Ireland
August 16, 2017
The Guardian reports that the UK Government is publishing a paper setting out its plans to negotiate an open border with Ireland that requires no new border posts and allows goods and people to move freely into Northern Ireland.
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UK Sets out Options on EU Customs Deal
August 15, 2017
UK Brexit Secretary David Davis writes that a new position paper released by the British Government sets out two options for "ambitious new customs arrangements with the EU" after Brexit, the first creating a "highly streamlined" customs border between the UK and EU and the second forming a new customs union with the bloc.
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Spain Announces Support for EU Finance Minister, Budget
August 15, 2017
Spanish President Mariano Rajoy has announced that his government will support French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for greater economic and monetary integration of the EU through the creation of an EU finance minister and EU budget.
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