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Politico: Digital Tax on U.S. Tech Giants Faces Headwinds
July 29, 2020
According to Politico, the prospect of a Europe-wide digital tax on digital giants such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon is meeting bi-partisan headwinds from the Trump Administration and U.S. lawmakers, who, in response, have threatened to impose tariffs on popular U.S. imports of national products from Europe.
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Poland to Withdraw from the Istanbul Convention Due to Controversial Ideologies About Gender.
July 27, 2020
Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro has announced that Poland will begin withdrawing from the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the "Istanbul Convention"), on the grounds that it contains "elements of an ideological nature," which the Government "considers harmful."
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Landmark EU Budget Deal Could Create Long-term Disputes
July 22, 2020
Although hailed by European Union negotiators as a landmark deal that enhances EU fiscal integration, the €1.8 trillion European Union budget deal contains a national budget reform review mechanism by the European Commission that could raise sovreignty concerns at the national level.
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TechCrunch: Europe’s Top Court Strikes Down Flagship EU-US Data Transfer Mechanism
July 17, 2020
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has struck down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield citing that “the requirements of US national security, public interest and law enforcement have primacy, thus condoning interference with the fundamental rights of persons whose data are transferred to that third country”.
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Apple Wins EU Court Battle Over $15 Billion Irish Tax Bill
July 15, 2020
Tech giant Apple won a court battle with the EU over a disputed €13 billion ($15 billion) Irish tax bill, with the General Court of the European Union not finding sufficient evidence that Apple's businesses in Ireland were granted unfair tax advantages.
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