Irish PM accuses EU states of hypocrisy over corporate tax


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Jan 2018

Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar delivers a speech during a debate on the Future of Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar accused fellow EU states of hypocrisy over corporate tax on Wednesday and appeared to point a finger at France in particular as he rejected claims in the European Parliament that Ireland was a tax haven.

In a speech in the Strasbourg chamber where he underlined Dublin's commitment to the European Union, Varadkar also hit back at what he called unfair accusations that Ireland was damaging its neighbours' economies by helping multinationals like Apple Inc. channel global profits through its low-rate tax system.

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