Irexit
Irexit is a common name for a hypothetical withdrawal of the Republic of Ireland from the European Union. The name is based on "Brexit", the common name for a British withdrawal from the EU.
A Red C poll, commissioned by European Movement Ireland in January 2013, found most Irish people would opt for Ireland to remain inside the EU (66%) even if the UK decided to leave. Just 29% of those asked said that Ireland should leave if the UK does.[1]
Following Brexit Irish MEP, Brian Hayes (Fine Gael, European Peoples Party) said Ireland would only leave the EU if it were to interfere with corporation tax. He said it is an "absolute red line issue" and "if any attempt is made to cajole us, as far as I'm concerned, we're out the door,"[2]
In August 2016 the European Commissioner for Competition ruled that Ireland's long-standing favourable taxation treatment of Apple Inc. amounted to illegal state aid and that consequently the company owed the state 13 billion euros in back taxes.[3] The minister of Finance, Michael Noonan said he disagreed "profoundly with the commission's decision",[4] Irish MEP, Brian Hayes also criticised the decision saying the EU had "overstepped its role and its mandate".[5] Apple said the decision was "an effort to rewrite Apple's history in Europe, ignore Ireland's tax laws, and upend the international tax system in the process."[5] The previous holder of the Competition portfolio, Neelie Kroes, said that state-aid rules should not apply to tax matters:'EU member states have a sovereign right to determine their own tax laws.'[6] In response to this there was calls for an Irexit by journalist, Tom McGurk, Britsh MP, Tim Loughton and UK Conservative Party blogger Guido Fawkes.[7]
| Position | Political parties | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Remain | Fine Gael | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fail/meta/color" | | Fianna Fail | ||
| Sinn Fein | |||
| Labour | |||
| Green Party | |||
| Social Democrats | |||
| Leave | |||
| Éirígí | |||
| Republican Sinn Féin | |||
| Irish Republican Socialist Party | |||
| Communist Party of Ireland | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers Party of Ireland/meta/color" | | Workers Party of Ireland | ||
| style="background-color: Irexit/meta/color" | | Identity Ireland | ||
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References[edit]
- ↑ "European Movement: Two-thirds of Irish People Would Choose to Stay in the EU Even if the UK Leaves". Europeanmovement.eu. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ EU big guns warned corporation tax is 'red line' in Brexit talks
- ↑ State aid: Ireland gave illegal tax benefits to Apple worth up to €13 billion. – European Commission
- ↑ Minister Noonan disagrees profoundly with Commission on Apple – Irish Government Department of Finance, Press Release
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eurosceptics are salivating at the idea of 'Irexit' after Apple's shock €13 billion EU-Ireland tax bill – Business Insider UK, 31 August 2016
- ↑ Apple tax ruling is unfair, says former European commissioner – The Guardian, 1 September 2016
- ↑ Eurosceptics are salivating at the idea of 'Irexit' after Apple's shock €13 billion EU-Ireland tax bill
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