ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

EESC supports opening an in-depth debate on transition to qualified majority voting

Brussels, 19/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted on Wednesday 17 July, at its plenary session, an opinion supporting the Commission in its ambition to launch a debate on how to reform the decision-making process in the field of EU tax policy.

In its text, the EESC supports the idea of a debate on the gradual transition from unanimity to qualified majority voting in the EU Council on tax issues, as proposed by the European Commission in its September Communication...