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I think the Brexit negotiations have probably shown Europe the power of sticking together, and presumably France feels that the rest of the EU has its back here
by peteretep 7y ago
I think the Brexit negotiations have probably shown Europe the power of sticking together, and presumably France feels that the rest of the EU has its back here.
- baud147258 7y agoNo, EU isn't backing this, because in that case it would have been an EU-wide tax, not in just in one country. The EU tried to establish an equivalent tax, but there was pushback from countries that are taking advantage of it (Ireland, Luxembourg) Edit: From the French newspaper Le Monde [1], it was Ireland, Sweden, Danemark and Finland which opposed the idea. And from this article [2], Germany didn't help a lot, fearing tariff on their car industry. [1]https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2019/07/11/le-parlement-francais-adopte-definitivement-la-taxe-gafa-contestee-par-les-etats-unis_5488135_3234.html https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2019/07/11/le-parlem... [2]https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/12/06/taxe-gafa-une-nouvelle-occasion-manquee_5393487_3232.html https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/12/06/taxe-gafa-un...