On Wednesday 12 April, the NGO Our Fish called on all EU Member States, especially Spain, France and Germany, to support the introduction of a fuel tax on the fishing industry as part of the revision of the EU Energy Taxation Directive.
Indeed, a report financed by this organisation shows that by reducing fuel subsidies, the EU could have generated between €653 million and €1.4 billion in annual revenue, and “used it to pay the salaries of twenty thousand fishers or fund over six...