Brussels could strike Big Tech into commercial spat. But how? – Politico

The digital services “will inevitably be highlighted,” said the Finnish EPP legislative will have Salla, which is also a former high -level lobbyist of Meta in Brussels.

EPP president Manfred Weber said on Tuesday that “digital giants are only paying for our digital infrastructure where they benefit so much”.

Some EU countries are added to the choir. On Thursday, French government spokesperson Sophie Primas said that the next wave of EU reprisals could target “digital services that are currently not taxed”.

The French liberal European legislator Sandro Gozi, meanwhile, said “taxing American digital giants” as among the options.

The question of a tax on digital services has been simmering for some time in the EU, but the 27 member countries of the block have not unanimously on the issue, and tax policy requires that all EU countries agree on joint policy.

Some member countries have thus become solo. More recently, the Belgian power coalition agreement contained an agreement to install a digital tax by 2027 if there is no agreement at the international level or the EU.

Ireland, the basis of European origin of several large American technological companies, rejected immediately on Tuesday. The targeting of American digital services is not the position of the EU, said Irish trade minister Simon Harris, adding that this could be very prejudicial to Ireland.

Gregorio Sorgi contributed the reports.