Cyprus Pushes Back as Tobacco Tax Reform Highlights Subtle Commission–Council Tensions
EU Reporter —
Cyprus has emerged as an unexpected pivot point in negotiations over the European Union’s long-awaited Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) overhaul, after proposing limits on inflation-linked tobacco tax increases. A move that has added fresh momentum to the growing institutional friction between the European Commission’s ambitions and the Council’s instinct for political control. Under the Cyprus […]