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Upcoming EU digital chief floats Google tax idea and causes trouble (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Oettinger stirs controversy ahead of new role as digital commissioner

Recent statements by the next EU digital commissioner Gunther Oettinger on imposing a special tax on Google has drawn carefully-worded criticism from within the current EU commission.

Oettinger, in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt earlier this week, floated the idea of making Google pay a levy in compensation for using ...

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Upcoming EU digital chief floats Google tax idea and causes trouble (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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