29/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 28 April, the European Parliament adopted, by a large majority (549 votes in favour, 70 against and 75 abstentions), the draft own-initiative report by Martin Hlaváček (Renew Europe, Czech Republic) and Andreas Schwab (EPP, Germany) on digital taxation and minimum effective corporate taxation (see EUROPE 12684/24). The text supports an international agreement at the OECD by June 2021 on the two pillars of international tax reform, but also asks the EU to have a plan B in case of failure. In the debate prior to the vote, the European Parliament also welcomed the new US proposals to move the negotiations forward at the OECD (see EUROPE 12694/11). Several amendments to the text were adopted in this sense (see EUROPE 12708/4). By adopting this report a few months before the expected decisions at the OECD, MEPs are seeking to maintain the momentum at European level. (MF)