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Ireland’s opposition to proposed tax changes sets it on collision course with EU heavyweights
Ireland won a reprieve on tax, while central supervision has been put on the long finger
Germany and France have vowed to press for more centralised capital markets oversight despite pushback from Ireland and a group of other EU countries.
After a divisive EU summit on Thursday, Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, said the capital markets union — a project to funnel Europeans’ savings, pensions and venture capital to more firms — would not be held back by any one country.
When asked about Ireland’s opposition to harmonising corporate tax regimes, ...