‘Unacceptable’: Germany rejects von der Leyen’s €1.8 trillion EU budget plan

‘Unacceptable’: Germany rejects von der Leyen’s €1.8 trillion EU budget plan

Shorouk Express The Commission, among other items, presented three new taxes targeting electric waste, tobacco products and high-turnover companies to repay the post-Covid debt, which is estimated to cost €25 to €30 billion per year. “We also do not support the additional taxation of companies proposed by the EU Commission,” Kornelius said in Berlin. “We…

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Le Pen will topple French PM Bayrou if he sticks to Tuesday’s spending plan

Le Pen will topple French PM Bayrou if he sticks to Tuesday’s spending plan

Shorouk Express PARIS ― French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her party would vote to collapse François Bayrou’s government if the prime minister did not revise his  drastic budget reduction plan that includes getting rid of two major public holidays. “This government prefers to attack the French people, workers and pensioners, rather than hunt waste,”…

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