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PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The European Commission is suing EU member states Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal for failing to implement rules aimed at ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational companies, it said on Thursday. All four countries were required to enforce the necessary laws by the end of 2023, the Commission said, adding that they had failed to notify it on any such step. Spanish Budget Minister Maria Jesus Montero said Spain was a "pioneer" in the push for a minimum tax for multinational companies and would comply with the EU requirements in the coming months, with parliament expected to approve new legislation by the end of the year. "We have a regulation that currently includes the 15% tax... but there are other things that need to be incorporated, which is what the Commission is referring to," she said. Contacted by Reuters, the Portuguese government had no immediate comment.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23729107 > Jean-Marie Le Pen was serenaded by a group known to have ties to an international far-right organisation.
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> Following the parliamentary election in Austria, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) will be the strongest faction in the parliament, beating the conservative ÖVP for the first time in history.
www.theguardian.com
> Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits
> France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier is considering a temporary increase in corporate tax on the country's biggest companies as well as a tax on share buybacks as part of efforts to plug a gaping hole in public finances, Le Monde newspaper reported on Sunday.
www.edps.europa.eu
Things must be hard if the EU can't keep a single Mastodon server up.
> BRUSSELS (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters a critical period, the European Union has decided it must take responsibility for what it sees as a security threat in its own neighborhood, and it’s preparing to tackle some of the financial burden, perhaps even without the United States.
> PARIS (AP) — France’s new government is set to take a hardline approach to migration issues as key officials have pledged to significantly reduce the number of people entering and staying illegally in the country.
> A senior government minister urged Moldovans on Sunday to shun "thieves, fugitives and bandits" after an exiled pro-Russian business magnate pledged to pay voters to vote "no" in a referendum on joining the European Union.
> ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around the globe. > > Francis revisited the key thorny topics of his trip to Belgium during his in-flight press conference coming home, praising Belgium’s late King Baudouin as a “saint” for having abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than sign legislation legalizing abortion.
www.politico.eu
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www.bbc.com
Dame Maggie Smith, star of the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89 A statement from Dame Maggie's sons says she died peacefully in hospital on Friday morning Fellow Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville says she was a "true legend of her generation" with a "sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable talent" A legend of British stage and screen, Dame Maggie won two Oscars during her career - for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1970 and California Suite in 1979
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www.euronews.com
The supermarket can’t pretend it’s offering a discount if it raises prices just to cut them back, the judges ruled in a case brought by consumer activists from Baden-Württemberg.
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> Doctors Without Borders is fighting to save refugees in the Mediterranean, but Italian authorities are blocking their efforts. How can we stand by as lives hang in the balance?
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Publication croisé avec : https://peculiar.florist/notes/9ymyi5j3ibbdeh59 > [EU] [abortion] My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion > > [@europe](https://jlai.lu/c/europe) > [eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/screen/home](https://eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/screen/home) > > Objectives > > The “My Voice, My Choice” campaign offers the people of Europe the chance to make women's lives freer, safer, and better; wherever they live in our union, whatever conditions they may find themselves in. > > The lack of access to abortion in many parts of Europe not only puts women at risk of physical harm but also puts undue economic and mental stress on women and families, often on the margins of society that can afford it the least. > > It has been well documented that treating reproductive care as a luxury does not reduce abortions, it simply drives women to seek unsafe abortions. > > To change this we are asking the European Commission to - in the spirit of solidarity - submit a proposal for financial support to Member States that would be able to perform safe termination of pregnancies for anyone in Europe who still lacks access to safe and legal abortion. > > Countless lives and livelihoods are ended, disrupted, and lost because of lack of access to safe abortion. This must stop. With this European Citizens' Initiative, we will move to a more just policy that expresses our European values more compassionately and concretely. > > [\#EU](https://peculiar.florist/tags/EU) [#MyVoiceMyChoice](https://peculiar.florist/tags/MyVoiceMyChoice) [#Abortion](https://peculiar.florist/tags/Abortion)
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