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France wants Google fines to cut EU budget contributions
Original: EU should use Google fines to cut member state contributions to budget, France says
France has proposed that fines imposed by the European Union on Google should be used to reduce the contributions member states pay into the EU budget. The suggestion, reported by Reuters, ties competition penalty revenues to national payments, effectively letting the bloc fund itself through penalties on US tech companies. The idea touches on long-running debates over how the EU budget is financed and how to handle fines on large American technology firms.
Why now: EU fines on Google remain a live political issue, and linking them to member state budget contributions is a contentious new proposal.
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