{"id":984,"date":"2018-03-22T06:54:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=984"},"modified":"2018-03-22T06:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:54:37","slug":"taoiseach-travels-to-brussels-for-european-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=984","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Travels to Brussels for European Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is in Brussels today for the start of a two-day European Council meeting.<\/p>\n

EU leaders will be focussing on the progress of the Brexit negotiations.<\/p>\n

Mr Varadkar says he hopes that guidelines on the future relationship between the EU and the UK will be agreed by the council.<\/p>\n

The meeting will also debate economic issues including the controversial issue of digital taxation, with the EU commission proposing a 3% tax on the turnover of companies like Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n

But the Taoiseach says he will argue that the EU should wait until the OECD completes a report on the issue.<\/p>\n

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