Ministers Must Deliver Windfall Tax to Alleviate Pressure on EU Households
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Eurozone finance ministers are discussing rising energy prices, inflation and a possible tax on windfall profits of energy companies in Dublin.
The Ministers for Finance of the European Union (EU) are now resuming a debate on the creation of a European mechanism to tax extraordinary profits on oil, a proposal defended by Portugal and rejected so far by Brussels.
Ministers must deliver windfall tax to alleviate pressure on EU households
As Europe’s economic and financial affairs ministers gather in Dublin tomorrow, the question of an EU windfall tax on fossil fuel energy giants will be high on the agenda, following the request of six member states to discuss the measure. Since the war in Iran broke out and the Strait of Hormuz was closed, effectively 20% of the world’s oil...
The increase in fuel prices continues, and at some gas stations the price of diesel has already exceeded the magic mark of 50 crowns. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) says that the situation is dramatic, which is also evidenced by the fact that US President Donald Trump is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop bombing refineries. There have also been reports that the US has been secretly negotiating with the Houthis to preve…
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