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EU Orders Fiat, Starbucks to Pay Extra Taxes
October 28, 2015
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has ordered European car company Fiat and US coffee chain Starbucks tens of millions of euros in extra taxes to Luxembourg and Dutch tax authorities, respectively, alleging that these countries' tax deals with the companies were invalid under EU law.
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Farage Seeks Impartial Reporting from BBC
October 28, 2015
In a letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation ("BBC"), head of the UK Independence Party and Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage has called on the company to report impartially on the British referendum on whether to remain in the EU by not using the term "Europe" as a shorthand for EU institutions.
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Johnson: Reclaim Supremacy of UK Parliament
October 28, 2015
UK Member of Parliament Boris Johnson writes that the UK should re-establish the sovereignty of the British Parliament by amending the legislation it passed to join the EU to make clear that EU laws only control when Parliament has not "expressly and subsequently decided otherwise."
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Italy Announces Plans to Defy Brussels on Budget
October 28, 2015
In a recent interview, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said that if the European Commission rejects his country's budget plan for 2016, he will re-submit the budget without any changes.
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Hannan Proposes Acceptable Terms for UK-EU Renegotiation
October 27, 2015
UK Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") Dan Hannan has set out a list of proposed terms he argues Prime Minister David Cameron should send to EU leaders prior to the renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the bloc, including the re-establishment of sovereignty of the UK Parliament and the limitation of the influence of European judges.
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