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Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said greater tax transparency was needed to help tackle corporate tax avoidance (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service Photo: Georges Boulougouris)

EU rejects Apple chief's political bias jibe

The EU's most powerful business regulator has dismissed accusations of political bias from Apple chief Tim Cook.

In an interview with the Irish Independent, Cook described the EU decision that Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes as "total political crap".

“They just picked a number from I don’t know where. In the year that the...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said greater tax transparency was needed to help tackle corporate tax avoidance (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service Photo: Georges Boulougouris)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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