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A “special Google tax” is not the solution

A "special Google tax" is not the solution
Senior ALDE MEPs have today responded to suggestions yesterday by EU digital chief Günther Oettinger that the European Union is considering imposing a tax on U.S. Internet companies such as Google as part of a new plan to build a single digital market. The new idea suggested by Commissioner Oettinger is a special tax for the Google News service and other taxes relating to search operations in Europe.

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Europe must act now to deliver a true Digital Single Market

The ALDE group believes it is up to the European Commission to look into the Google case. The attempts by the EPP and the S+D groups in the European Parliament to urge the European Commission to breakup Google are unproductive.

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