The European Commission has proposed scrapping member states’ veto on tax policy, in a move that could see levies imposed on EU countries against their will.
The EU government in Brussels says the requirement of unanimity for tax policy is out-dated and that moving to a system of qualified majority voting would help speed up the legislative process.
The Irish government immediately spoke out against the proposal. Ireland is a low-tax nation that would be greatly affected by the change.
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