All eyes will once again be on Germany on Tuesday 6 November, at the meeting of the Ecofin Council (see EUROPE 12129), which will discuss the Commission's proposal for a 3% tax on the gross earnings of the activities of digital platforms ('digital services tax' or DST).
“We have no solution yet; let us be quite clear. Between Germany and France, we have still not found the landing point that will give us a decision by December”, the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said on RMC on...