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Financial policy

Feature

Minimum tax: EU implements OECD model

It is seen as a political success for today's German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: The international agreement on a system of minimum taxation, which should also make specific digital taxes superfluous. Today, the EU Commission is presenting the European approach to implementing the system – and could also claim some of the revenue for the EU from it.

By Falk Steiner

Beihilfen Green Deal Michael Niese
Opinion

State aid trips Green Deal up

If the Green Deal is to succeed without the EU becoming increasingly dependent on third parties, it urgently needs to reform its state aid law, writes Michael Niese, managing director of the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle, in his guest article.

By Redaktion Table

Xavier Vives ist Professor für Wirtschaft und Finanzen an der IESE Business School.
Opinion

Was COP26 cheap talk?

What did the COP26 world climate conference in Glasgow really achieve? Xavier Vives is a Professor of Economics and Finance at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. For him, it is not the wording of the final declaration that is key – but the question of what the financial sector is prepared to make of it.

By Redaktion Table