Danish - Politician | April 13, 1968 -
I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren't supposed to.
Margrethe Vestager
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If you, as a company, can get a deal that I, as a company, cannot get, you can compete with me but not on the merits, because your tax burden is not the same as mine.
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Elephants are social, thoughtful animals. They live in communities and - I have to say it - in matriarchal societies. They bear no grudge, but they remember well.
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Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it's my responsibility to make that happen.
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A huge part of Apple profits generated in Europe, in African countries, Middle East, and India were all booked in Ireland. And I think it is a very basic principle in taxation that your profits are taxed where the profits are generated.
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The benefits of globalization do not trickle down automatically. It takes politics to make sure that there is a benefit.
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Few people think about politics every day. But they are in the market every day.
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I think it's a completely good thing to want to do business, to want to make money and be a success in the marketplace, to get the attention of customers. I'm not in the business of pointing fingers or blaming companies, but there is a limit to everything.
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If you're in a situation where your effective tax rate is so much lower than any other company, then obviously you have a much better position when it comes to compete on prices and everything else.
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I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.
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To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.
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When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.
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