Tocmai am asistat la o mostra de socialism european bruxellez care va avea implicatii politice majore pe mai multe directii: comisarul european Margrethe Vestager solicita Apple sa plateasca peste $14 miliarde in taxe considerind ilegal un aranjament intre Irlanda si Apple. Este doar unul dintre cazurile in care EU pare sa „tinteasca” cu predilectie companiile americane.
Decizia va avea doua consecinte importante:
1. va strica relatiile transatlantice (dar se pare ca multi lideri politici europeni si oficiali de la Bruxelles chiar asta vor!). Principalul beneficiar: Rusia. Si probabil si Trump, care va exploata oportunitatea.
2. confirma acuzelor celor care spun ca EU tinde sa se comporte ca un superstat trecind peste deciziile statelor membre: partizanii Brexit si partidele eurosceptice vor spune ca temerile lor se confirma: mai ales ca regimul fiscal e de competenta statelor membre.
Insa dincolo de aspectele politice e si si o viziune economica primitiva la mijloc. M. Vestager si o parte dintre colegii ei nu vad decit problema impozitului pe profit si nu iau in calcul alte beneficii majore in urma investitiilor (locuri de munca, impozit pe salarii, cresterea consumului, etc) care risca sa fie pierdute daca companiile decid sa se mute in afara EU.
Si guvernul de la Dublin si Apple au si reactionat imediat, criticind decizia:
„I disagree profoundly with the Commission,” Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said in a statement. „The decision leaves me with no choice but to seek cabinet approval to appeal.
„This is necessary to defend the integrity of our tax system; to provide tax certainty to business; and to challenge the encroachment of EU state aid rules into the sovereign member state competence of taxation.”
Apple said in a statement it was confident of winning an appeal.
„The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process. The Commission’s case is not about how much Apple pays in taxes, it’s about which government collects the money. It will have a profound and harmful effect on investment and job creation in Europe.”

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