At the Ministerial meeting of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, held in Paris on 20 September, the world’s biggest steel-producing nations agreed to further reduce capacity wherever necessary, avoid that overcapacity is exacerbated in the futu… read more
Boosting Multilateralism: President Juncker and a high-level EU delegation at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly Ministerial week President Jean-Claude Juncker will be in New York next week for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, with a high-level delegation from … read more
The EU representatives will host and participate in a large number of events and meet with world leaders, in line with the European Union’s steadfast commitment to strive for a strong and effective United Nations and build support for multilateralism … read more
See also IP/18/5787 What is VAT? Value Added Tax (VAT) is a consumption tax, charged on most goods and services traded in the EU. The tax is levied on the ‘value added’ to the product at each stage of production and … read more
The so-called ‘VAT Gap’ shows the difference between the expected VAT revenue and the amount actually collected. While Member States’ have carried out a lot of work to improve VAT collection, today’s figures show that reform of the current EU … read more