At the EU finance ministers' meeting, five states announce that they will follow through with the internationally agreed minimum tax on their own if necessary. This way, they want to circumvent Viktor Orbán's blockade at the EU level. The German Ministry of Finance is already working on a concrete implementation plan.
By Falk Steiner
In the gas crisis, the profits of companies in the energy trade have risen sharply, and banks are profiting from the rise in interest rates, according to the Spanish government. Many governments in Europe are therefore discussing taxes on excess profits, including the German government. Madrid has now decided on this measure.
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Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn is calling on EU member states to agree on additional sources of funding by 2023 or 2024, saying that only on this condition can the levies be technically implemented.
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