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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Divisions on the far right and on the left favour French President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election chances in two months’ time. Can the Gaullists return and challenge Macron's stance as the last man standing against extremism? Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.

As promised, the European Commission has moved swiftly to translate the global agreement on a minimum corporation tax rate into EU law. A parallel move to restrict the use of structures like Section 110 companies and limited partnerships was not expected at the same time.

Micheál Martin's comments at Bodenstown indicated that even a man as averse to a row as the Taoiseach recognises that the EU are now putting on the hard hats in discussions with the UK.

German governments do what voters have elected them to do, under the watchful eye of the Bundestag. This previously led to austerity-laced EU bailouts. This time, Germany’s big election issue was the environment.

The UK and the EU remain at loggerheads over how to manage trade around Northern Ireland after Brexit, yet current issues were first raised four years ago and solutions agreed in 2019. In his book, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier explains how we came to this, but also reveals his personal outlook on Ireland, partition and why peace was his top priority.