Changes to EU Voting on Tax Issues Unlikely to Win Support - McGuinness

An Irish MEP believes there would not be enough support among member states to change EU voting rules on tax.

The suggestion was made in a State of the Union address by the EU Commission President at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Jean-Claude Juncker believes qualified majority voting should replace unanimity on some tax issues.

That raises the prospect of the end of the Irish veto in relation to tax decisions.

Vice President of the European Parliament and Fine Gael MEP for Midlands North-West, Mairead McGuinness, believes such an initiative will not get the backing of member states:

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