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EU governments must make corporations pay tax based on where their employees do real work, and not where their accountants hide their profits, says the Tax Justice Network.

The Spanish government is being urged to halt arms sales to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition ahead of an expected decision on the issue on Wednesday.

Spain’s coal mining companies may have to pay back up to €2 billion in government subsidies, after environmental groups alerted the European Commission that they could be using the money to support their ongoing activities, rather than to close down.

The Spanish government faces condemnation from human rights groups, progressive politicians and activists across the world in the wake of arrests of Catalan officials backing a regional independence vote on 1 October 2017.