🌍 Europe 8h ago · Colin Stevens

Impasse in European Union Tobacco Tax Reform: The Swedish veto

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This week, the European directive concerning tobacco taxation (TED) encountered divergent outcomes: it was endorsed in a modified form by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament, yet concurrently withdrawn from the ECOFIN Council's agenda due to the absence of unanimous consent.



Sweden blocked the EU's ambitious tobacco tax overhaul that aimed to raise billions by increasing cigarette duties and extending taxation to newer nicotine products, arguing th

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