Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001409/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Bruno Gonçalves (S&D), Aurore Lalucq (S&D), Carla Tavares (S&D), Jonás Fernández (S&D), Matthias Ecke (S&D), Lara Wolters (S&D), David Cormand (Verts/ALE), Kim Van Sparrentak (Verts/ALE), André Rodrigues (S&D), Elisabeth Grossmann (S&D), Rasmus Andresen (Verts/ALE), Sandra Gómez López (S&D), Vivien Costanzo (S&D), Sérgio Gonçalves (S&D), Bruno Tobback (S&D), Arash Saeidi (The Left), Francisco Assis (S&D), Brando Benifei (S&D), Marta Temido (S&D), Manon Aubry (The Left), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew), Elio Di Rupo (S&D), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Verts/ALE), Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D), Alex Agius Saliba (S&D), Claire Fita (S&D), Catarina Martins (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Maria Ohisalo (Verts/ALE), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Evelyn Regner (S&D), Isilda Gomes (S&D), Irena Joveva (Renew), Daniel Attard (S&D), Li Andersson (The Left), Sara Matthieu (Verts/ALE), Aura Salla (PPE)
As mentioned in the interinstitutional agreement of 16 December 2020, the EU has agreed to establish a digital levy as a new EU own resource. This initiative was delayed in favour of the multilateral approach via the G20/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy.
Unfortunately, a recent executive order by US President Donald Trump not only undermines the agreement reached for Pillar Two – establishing a global minimum level of corporate taxation – but also jeopardises a positive outcome in the negotiations of Pillar One, which deals with a fairer tax framework for large digital companies.
As stated by Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra in his confirmation hearing: ‘It cannot be that we’re not going to tax these [digital] companies because we cannot come to a global agreement’. In light of this, the Commission should be prepared to propose a common digital services tax in the EU.
Is the Commission prepared to make such a proposal? Can we expect it to do so in the context of the aggressive ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and/or the recent exchange between EU Heads of State and Government regarding new EU own resources, as mentioned in the most recent European Council conclusions?
Supporter[1]
Submitted: 7.4.2025
- [1] This question is supported by a Member other than the authors: Dan-Ştefan Motreanu (PPE)