16/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – European Parliament Committee on Budgets Chair Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR, Belgium) and own resources co-rapporteurs Valérie Hayer (Renew Europe, France), and José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portugal) sent a letter to the European Commission on Friday 16 July asking it to honour its commitment to propose a ‘digital levy’ as an EU own resource by 20 July. In their view, the Commission’s decision to pause its work on the tax in order to support the finalisation of the agreement on international tax reform (see EUROPE 12760/15)—and at an unspecified date and without prior notification to Parliament and the EU Council—is “in clear breach” of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Own Resources (see EUROPE 12736/1). The three MEPs also believe that the EU should reject any “undue political interference by a major international partner”, referring to the US pressure on the text. See the letter: https://bit.ly/2TdFFNg (MF)