07.18.23
Strategic agenda EU Council published
EU Member States take turns to host the EU presidency and oversee the smooth functioning and operations of the organisation.
Spain, Belgium and Hungary, who will hold the EU Presidency consecutively for the next 18 months, have now published their joint programme of priorities.
Unsurprisingly, one of the priorities will be to modernise and simplify the common VAT system by embracing digitalisation, and on work aimed at closing the VAT gap, for the benefit of both the national and EU budgets.
The following link from the Council of the European Union outlines the main aims of these countries, and the strategies whereby the realisation of these goals can be fulfilled:
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