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Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms
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What happenedSix EU countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP Saturday.
The headline splitThe Local Germany frames it as "Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms". Euronews frames it as "Six EU countries push for windfall tax on oil companies amid surging war profits".
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Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms
Six EU countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP Saturday.
Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms
Six EU countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP Saturday.
Six EU countries push for windfall tax on oil companies amid surging war profits
Citing surging profits amid the Middle East war, six EU countries, including Germany and Italy, want finance ministers to discuss the levy at next month’s meeting in Dublin.
