Apple ordered to pay Ireland $19 billion in back taxes, European Commission rules...

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

This is why the EU is fundamentally wrong and needs to be abolished:

http://www.theage.com.au/business/wo...30-gr4xw8.html

Not many will dispute that Apple needs to pay its fair share of tax as a corporate citizen, but the way the EU went about it is incompatible with national sovereignty.

National sovereignty is not what the EU is about. One needs to understand why the EU was brought about. The EU was formed out of necessity because Europe could not afford more wars like the two in the 20th century. The idea was to intertwine European economies closely that they could not do without each other. This was also with US blessing for obvious reasons. International relations is bigger than Apple.
cheers
Bill