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by Joeri 968 days ago
The holding company for Meta in the EU is located in Ireland because the double Irish system of accounting allowed them to avoid paying corporate taxes in the EU. (Not sure if this is still the case, I think they now always have to pay the minimum 13% rate.)

I think any kind of enforcement against Meta has to go through Ireland because of that. The EU is a treaty, not a country. It is always local authorities that have to enforce legal action.

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> The EU is a treaty, not a country. It is always local authorities that have to enforce legal action.

I know, that's why the order of things mentioned in the article feels out of line.