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BREAKING: European Court of Justice annuls European Commission’s decision on the state aid measure implemented by the Netherlands in favour of Starbucks [more to follow]
ECJ rules that the Commission was "unable to demonstrate the existence of an advantage in favour of Starbucks"
Court says "the Commission has not managed to demonstrate the existence of an economic advantage" for Starbucks through its tax arrangements with the Dutch authorites
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Here's a quick take on the Johnson-Merkel call:

EU sources say the tone of the call as reported seems questionable: normally govt sources characterise their own position in a leader-to-leader call (ie Johnson's), ie unusual for Number 10 to describe what Merkel said
2/ Also, the tone is extremely unlike Merkel, who tends to be diplomatic to a fault, ie it wd be completly out of character for her to tell the UK that NI had to remain in the customs union
3/ So view of one senior EU source is that Downing Street is collapsing the scrum on the basis that everything now shifts to a No Deal election.
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Irish Govt spokes says Taoiseach spoke to Presidents Juncker and Tusk this afternoon.
1/ “The Taoiseach said he welcomes the fact that the UK Prime Minister has put forward proposals as a basis for further discussion, but that major issues remain with the UK’s proposals, especially on customs, and with consent and democracy in the north.
The Taoiseach reassured both Presidents of Ireland’s commitment to protecting the EU single market and customs union, as well as protecting the Good Friday agreement and avoiding a hard border. Time is short, and all pledged to stay in touch, both directly and through their teams
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EU member states have been briefed by the Commission on the UK paper and have made the following general observations acc to source briefed on the meeting
1/ Welcome that the UK has finally put forward a legal text
2/ NI alignment on agrifood AND industrial goods seen as a positive step by UK. However, some member states raised concerns that the Assembly was being given an “upfront unilateral veto”.
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