Excise duties, digital taxation, European blacklist and VAT. Tax issues will dominate the agenda of the European Finance Ministers, who are meeting on Friday 17 May. Before the Ecofin Council meeting, they will hold an economic and financial dialogue between the EU and the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey and adopt joint conclusions.
Excise duties. Ministers will seek political agreement ('general approach') on three legislative proposals: - the Directive on the harmonisation...