Despite an almost unanimous vote in the European Parliament and recurrent calls from more than 700.000 citizens, EU finance ministers failed to adopt the digital services tax (DST) today at their meeting.
Reacting to the lack of a deal, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann stated:
Following the announcement by Central European University that after 25 years it will leave Budapest for Vienna next year, S&D leader Udo Bullmann said:
The Medicines for Europe Board unanimously applauds last night’s vote in the European Parliament where, once again, parliamentarians voted for a comprehensive Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver. This has the potential of unlocking huge industrial job opportunities and healthcare savings as SPCs expire on blockbuster medicines over the next few years.
Brussels, BELGIUM — European Finance Ministers were unable to decide on the EU Digital Services tax (DST) proposal at today’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting due to a last-minute
Ceemet, European Tech & Industry employers, welcomes the endorsement by EU leaders yesterday, 25th November 2018, of the agreement reached by negotiators on the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and the Political Declaration on the future relationship.
The Socialists and Democrats led today a broad cross-party coalition to introduce a tax on the digital services provided by tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Booking or Spotify that could generate billions of much-needed public revenue every year in Europe. The S&Ds called on EU finance ministers to follow the Parliament’s example and swiftly adopt the Digital Services Tax (DST) at their meeting tomorrow.
Yesterday the industry, energy and research committee backed the report drafted by S&D MEP Patrizia Toia which calls for stronger support for European Small and Medium Enterprises.