Less than three weeks before the important meeting of finance ministers of the G20 countries in Venice, Bruno Le Maire took his pilgrim's baton on the complex issue of the taxation of multinationals.
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After the agreement in principle of the ministers of the G7 countries on June 5 in London on a minimum world tax of 15% on profits, the host of Bercy planned to meet with many of his counterparts. On Monday, the French minister was the guest of honor at a meeting in Krakow of his counterparts from the Visegrad group (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia).
If the files officially registered on the agenda fell under industrial cooperation (pharmacy, energy) Bruno Le Maire was counting on making progress on the tax issue. Hungary, which has the lowest corporate tax rate in Europe (9%), is resolutely hostile to minimum taxation. In front of the press, Laszlo Palkovics, the Hungarian Minister of Innovation did not speak on the subject. On the other hand, the host of the meeting, Jaroslaw Gowin, Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Development and Labor, when asked, said that “
Poland is ready to support a minimum tax
», Adding that Paolo Gentinoli is in favor of Europe agreeing on minimum taxation, before an international agreement with some 135 countries involved in this tax reform. In matters of taxation, unanimity is required in the EU. Each support is an additional step.