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EU anti-trust chief goes after Belgian tax breaks
By EUobserver
The European Commission is opening new probes into whether Belgium gave undue tax breaks to 39 multinational firms, including brewery Anheuser-Busch Inbev and British American Tobacco. "We're concerned that the Belgian ... system granted substantial tax reductions only to certain multinational companies," the commission's anti-trust tsar, Danish politician Margrethe Vestager said, amid efforts to secure another five years office. The EU court earlier overturned commission accusations against Belgium.