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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10199

25 August 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget
Commission to launch debate on idea of creating European tax to feed coffers of EU budget

Brussels, 24/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European budget commissioner, Janusz Lewandowski, stated in an interview published on Monday 9 August that as part of the proposals anticipated for September (21 or 28) on the revision of the EU budget, he was planning to bring in a European tax, the revenue from which would be paid directly into the European coffers.

I am hearing from several capitals, including large ones such as Berlin, that they would like to reduce their contributions” to...

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