Commissioner Vestager: EU to push again for digital tax plan

The European Commission will continue to press for an EU-wide digital tax on the basis all companies in Europe should be treated fairly, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said.

The digital tax proposal — which the Irish Government and a number of Nordic countries, including her home country Denmark, have opposed — was “very much alive” among some member states and would promote fair competition between digital companies and more traditional companies, Ms Vestager said.