Pressure continues to grow on Jean-Claude Juncker to quit as the new president of the European Commission after it emerged he has previously boasted of striking tax deals with large corporations. A review of his speeches while prime minister of Luxembourg revealed reportedly announced to parliament that AOL and Amazon were planning to move their European headquarters to the country thanks to favourable corporate tax conditions his government had created. It was reported last week that Luxembourg had granted secret deals to 340 companies allowing them to avoid paying billions of pounds in tax. Yesterday Mr Juncker launched a bizarre defence of the Luxembourg tax-dodging scandal, insisting he was not to blame despite having been its prime minister for 18 years - 15 of which were also spent acting as the country's finance minister.
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Luxembourg accused of striking tax  deals with more than 300 corporations
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Signed while Jean-Claude Juncker was Luxembourg's prime minister
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He now heads European Commission, which is investigating the claims
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Review of speeches while PM reveals him boasting of striking tax deals
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But he now insists he is not to blame for scandal engulfing Luxembourg
In investigation centres on the accusation that Luxembourg may have helped both of these companies - as well as others - cut their taxes by shifting their profits to @placeholder.