Thursday

28th Mar 2024

Ticker

EU: US probe on French digital tax is 'European matter'

The EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan said the EU considers the US investigation into the French digital tax as a "European matter", and confirmed that the "EU will act and react as one" after his visit to Paris on Tuesday. Hogan will travel to Washington next week for talks. US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose punitive sanctions on French luxury goods after France taxing digital tech giants.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Get the EU news that really matters

Instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

Join EUobserver

EU news that matters

Join us