cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10914923

Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East, according to a letter seen by Euronews.

The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, and Portugal, along with Spain's economy minister, sent a joint letter to Ireland's finance minister, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency. The ministers urged that a levy be added to the agenda for next month's meeting of EU finance chiefs in Dublin.

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[–] 0 points 11 hours ago

Totally should not be given to the respective governments, but current trend in the West is to limit humanitarian aid (because everyone is buying weapons). These people are hurt badly because of the ongoing wars and we (the west) have the resources to ease their suffering.

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