No, 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

No, 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...