Palantir, a US data analysis software provider with multiple EU government contracts, has been accused of shady tax practices in the European Union, the Brussels-based Euractiv portal wrote in an editorial. This is the third piece written by a leading European media outlet taking jabs at Palantir. It does this by "paying service fees to its US subsidiaries, adding deductible expenses that reduce taxable profits in Europe," the report says. According to the report, the company is "deeply embedded" in European public service provision. At the same time, all three articles mention European IT company ChapsVision, which has reportedly started to challenge Palantir as a security service contractor in France and Germany.