EU talks on tobacco taxation hit a Swedish brick wall
Brussels wants to keep those taxes for its own budget and it is aiming for several billion euros in revenues.
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Illicit tobacco trade surges across Europe as high taxes feed black markets
Countries with the highest taxes and strictest regulations are suffering the most severe black-market problems.
Tusk’s Polish government taxes laptops, smartphones and TVs
Poland’s ruling centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has taken a contested decision to extend the scope of a fee paid by producers and importers…
Top taxes, broken services: Spaniards pay the price of Sánchez’s mass regularisation
The Spanish government has opened a mass regularisation that will hand residence and work permits, together with immediate access to Social Security and regional…
EU lawmakers want to tax Big Tech to fund budget
EU lawmakers on Thursday demanded a European Union-wide tax on the world's biggest tech companies and online gambling sites to help fund the 27-country bloc's next…
Poland’s intervention in the fuel market meets with EC disapproval
The European Commission has attacked a Polish move to lower VAT on motor fuels to protect consumers from surging prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
PM Tusk’s left-wing allies in Polish Government propose digital tax
Poland’s Left party, which is part of the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is proposing legislation to make Big Tech firms pay a new tax…
‘EU’s compromise on tobacco excise tax is dead on arrival’
Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers has come out strongly against the compromise by the European Union on the excise tax on tobacco.
Half of e-cigarettes in Europe are illegal and almost all come from China
Almost half of all e-cigarettes sold in Europe originate from irregular sources, with China supplying 90 per cent of these unregulated products, according to a study…
Meta hikes fees for advertisers in response to Europe’s digital taxes
Meta Platforms has notified advertisers of new “location fees” to offset digital services taxes (DSTs) imposed by several European Union countries and the UK
Dutch Government bows to pressure over controversial tax on unrealised gains
Dutch finance minister Eelco Heinen has announced a dramatic reversal of the recently approved -- and passionately opposed -- Box 3 tax reform.
High tobacco taxes risk fueling illicit trade and undermining health goals, EESC says
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has cautioned that abrupt or excessive increases in excise duties on tobacco and nicotine products could drive…
EU vows to stand firm on US tech regulations despite Trump’s ‘alcoholic’s personality’
The European Union insisted it will keep enforcing its tech regulations "without discrimination", after the US threatened retaliation over the bloc's actions against…
Industry leaders warn EU over sweeping tobacco tax hikes
A coalition of international tobacco sector companies, including packaging, transport and agriculture, has issued a strong warning to the European Commission.
Danish EU Council’s presidency pushes for sweeping tobacco tax hikes
The Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, pressured by hard-line NGOs, is making a bold, last-minute push to significantly increase taxes on most…
EU sets sights on ‘fat -tax’ to boost health
Brussels is likely to introduce a so-called "fat-tax" in the proposed European Union cardiovascular health plan, set to be adopted by the European Commission in…
European Parliament targets Big Tech with new cross-border tax
A new European Union legislation could give the bloc the ability to tax Big Tech companies including those with no physical presence inside its borders.
Ryanair CEO calls Austrian Chancellor ‘lazy’ in aviation tax row
Michael O’Leary, CEO of Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, has lashed out at the Austrian government.
MEPS and industry divided on ‘centralised’ tax on multinationals
Members of the European Parliament and representatives of industry are still divided on a European Union law proposal aimed at making major international companies…
NGOs want aviation, shipping and industrial fishing companies to lose multi-million euro tax breaks
Environmental organisations are urging European governments not to sign off on a law that, they say, would let some of the most polluting industries keep their tax…
Ryanair and Wizz Air cut Vienna activities due to ‘punitive aviation tax’
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced it is moving three of its 19 aircraft based at Vienna airport to other countries and will close down three routes from…
Small tax, big ripple: Ryanair to stop expansion in Belgium
Low-cost airline Ryanair said it will end its growth plans in Belgium after the country hiked its aviation tax from €2 to €5 per flight.
Ryanair says dropping three French airports over ‘harmful’ tax
Irish airline Ryanair said on July 30 it was dropping three French airports over a "harmful" tax hike on air tickets and urged Paris to change course.
EC quietly reveals proposal on Tobacco Taxation Directive
Under the looming shadow of negotiations over the European Union’s next long-term budget, the European Commission has quietly released a proposal to overhaul the…
EU tobacco reforms face delays as tax debate heats up
The European Union's long-awaited review of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is now expected to conclude in mid-2026, yet another delay in one of the bloc’s…
EU wants tobacco tax to fund own budget, Sweden says ‘Nej’
Swedish finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has come out aggressively against Brussels' new Tobacco Tax Directive, calling it “completely unacceptable”.
EU carbon tax ‘to cost Belgian families €250 to €400 a year extra’
The European Union's new carbon tax, the Emissions Tradings System 2 (ETS2) set to be enforced from 2027, was likely to cost Belgian families €250 to €400 a…
Meta defends ad model in Brussels amid digital tax tensions
Facebook owner Meta has defended its revised advertising model at a closed-door hearing with the European Commission.
EU under pressure as end of the pause on US tariffs looms
With just days to go before July 9, when the three-month pause on 50 per cent “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on April 2 ends, pressure has mounted for a US-European…
Broken promise of electricity tax cut causes first rift in Germany’s new government coalition
A cancelled cut of the tax on electricity is causing friction between Germany’s Conservatives (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) who formed a coalition government…