Among the issues discussed at the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on 12 February was the European Commission’s proposal to move to qualified majority voting in taxation policy.
The European Commission published its ‘roadmap’ in January for a step-by-step approach to moving away from unanimity and towards qualified majority voting by member states for making policy decisions in certain areas of EU taxation, which it would like to achieve by 2025.
Commenting after the meeting, Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis acknowledged that ‘views expressed were very different, which means more discussions will be needed’.
Among the issues discussed at the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on 12 February was the European Commission’s proposal to move to qualified majority voting in taxation policy.
The European Commission published its ‘roadmap’ in January for a step-by-step approach to moving away from unanimity and towards qualified majority voting by member states for making policy decisions in certain areas of EU taxation, which it would like to achieve by 2025.
Commenting after the meeting, Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis acknowledged that ‘views expressed were very different, which means more discussions will be needed’.
