The Estonian Prime Minister Juhan Parts on Wednesday (29 September) sharply attacked France for its ongoing pressure on new EU member states to increase their corporate tax rates.
Speaking before the College of Europe in Warsaw, Mr Parts rebuked the French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who said earlier this month that new EU countries with low tax rates such as Estonia should lose their EU regional funding.
Mr Parts characterised the French finance minister’s comments as "no...
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