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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.

The demise of the double Irish has left Ireland better off as multinationals switched to a range of other tax schemes to locate profits here. In delaying its tax harmonisation plans, the European Commission wants to harness the Covid and Biden effects to go after them all.

Damian Young worked at Bank of Ireland for 25 years before leaving for a job in Silicon Valley. Having seen how transport is changing, he launched an e-scooter business in Germany last year. Now he wants to expand the business elsewhere while also looking to raise €10m.

The Horizon 2020 programme is ending, with Irish companies receiving over €1 billion. But the EU’s innovation agenda is only getting more intense in the next decade.