Exclusive: EU-wide digital levy might generate up to €25bn annually

Published on
29/09/2026 – 14:15 GMT+2

A digital levy proposed by the European Parliament to help fund the EU’s next long-term budget could raise up to €25bn a year, according to leading MEP Danuše Nerudová.

The new estimates put the yield of the Parliament’s proposed EU-level taxes far above what the European Commission originally calculated.

Talks are at a crunch point. EU countries are scrambling to agree the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) by the end of the year, and new “own resources” flowing directly into EU coffers remain a key flashpoint.

“We need new own resources to cover the repayment of the joint debt and to fund new priorities...