The European Commission confirmed that current rules allow EU countries to block coronavirus aid from going to companies based in tax havens.
“It is up to Member States to decide if they wish to grant State aid and to design measures in line with EU rules and their policy objectives, such as to prevent fraud and tax evasion or aggressive avoidance,” a European Commission spokeswoman said in an email Friday.
France, Poland, and Denmark have proposed barring companies that are based, or have subsidiaries, in tax havens from receiving bailouts linked to economic hardship brought about by the coronavirus.
“Member ...