EU public debt has steadily increased since the introduction of the euro, with almost half of member states now breaching the Maastricht Treaty’s 60 per cent debt-to-GDP limit.
We all want people to have higher wages. Especially those with low incomes. But this is not done by setting an administrative salary from Bratislava for a waitress from Utekáč.
A consumer organisation called foodwatch recently demanded that the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU put an end to its partnership with Coca-Cola.
In a recent joint letter to the Commission, Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./Google, based on their local revenue.