Article 50 extension would need major shift in UK politics, say EU officials

Depends what type of taxes. VAT is harmonised, they seek to force their trading partners to do the same, they are seeking to do it to us after we leave. As for corporation tax, we are currently only free to vary it within limits. The EU sued Ireland over the corporation tax it allowed by Apple to pay, and Luxemburg for Amazon, the Franco-German alliance is trying to push for full centralised control of corporation tax, just like with VAT (and guess what, you won't get any say in that either). They have stated they will not allow us to undercut the EU, so they want full control of our corporation tax in the deal. You really should now all this. EU want more and more power, and they take it undemocratically.

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