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Full coverage: Europe

Darwin vs Che Guevara: The upcoming battle to reform Europe’s electricity market

The most divisive debate at the recent Wind Energy Conference focused on an apparently technocratic point of EU law, which ended up sparking a classical clash between advocates of the free market and state intervention. The electricity bills of 450 million Europeans are at stake.

Thomas Hubert
6th Mar, 2023 - 6 min read

Farming, the environment and the space in between: Ag Tech Ireland’s crash course in Brussels lobbying

Irish agricultural technology companies are organising into an increasingly coherent industry and took their first deep dive into EU institutions last month. Thomas Hubert followed them in Brussels and witnessed a shift in official discourse on agri-food sustainability.

Thomas Hubert
10th Feb, 2023 - 5 min read

MEPs want to go harder against shell companies, offering Ireland an easy middle-of-the-road option

The EU has special-purpose vehicles in its crosshairs. The European Parliament has suggested stricter criteria to scrutinise their use in tax avoidance, but the decision rests with finance ministers.

Thomas Hubert
27th Jan, 2023 - 6 min read

Corporation tax was a record €22.6bn last year. There is no sign it will shrink this year

The latest layoffs at Salesforce show the correction in the tech industry is not over, raising questions about Ireland's corporation tax boom. Another tax stream, however, gives an indication of the profits yet to be declared here – and that's before we even look at big pharma.

Thomas Hubert
4th Jan, 2023 - 5 min read

We’re in the EU 50 years. That’s long enough to stop seeing it as a foreign country

Ireland today is not the same country that joined the EEC in 1973, and trade with the continent hardly qualifies as imports and exports anymore. The food and climate policy debate should reflect this.

Thomas Hubert
4th Jan, 2023 - 6 min read

Lessons from GDPR: Ireland and the new wave of EU digital regulation

The European Commission’s competition and digital regulation boss Margrethe Vestager came to Dublin on the back of passing a raft of new legislation to police the internet this summer. If Ireland doesn’t take a more active role in the patrol, she says she’ll do it herself.

Thomas Hubert
3rd Oct, 2022 - 3 min read

Real investment, phantom investment and the position of Sinn Féin: MEPs target “the Irish role in tax avoidance”

The European Parliament’s tax group is visiting Ireland to tackle the use of this country as a base to locate profits “at the expense of taxpayers in Europe,” according to its chair. Sinn Féin’s position in support of current tax policy is part of the equation.

Thomas Hubert
20th Sep, 2022 - 3 min read

We have the presidency of the Eurogroup. And we can keep it. Our politicians just need to figure out a way to make it happen

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe could be re-elected unopposed to the highly prized European role. But his candidacy could be jeopardised by a cabinet reshuffle. Given the influence the post brings, the Government must come up with a solution – and fast.

Ian Kehoe
18th Aug, 2022 - 4 min read

As Europe dithers on 15% corporation tax, Microchip continues to route billions through the double malt shelter

EU ministers have again failed to agree on how to implement the global OECD deal on multinational taxation. The whole project could still be derailed, or at least delayed – and some corporations continue to jump into the gap in the meantime.

Thomas Hubert
6th Apr, 2022 - 6 min read

Barnier on Brexit, Europe and the French presidential election: “We must stop being naive”

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier now runs the international campaign of presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse. He sat down with The Currency in Paris to discuss British and unionist attitudes to the NI Protocol, changing the EU, corporation tax and identity politics.

Thomas Hubert
19th Feb, 2022 - 13 min read
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