The Government of Poland has insisted this Thursday on untying the macro-financial assistance to Ukraine of the negotiations to apply a minimum tax of 15% companies, which leaves the necessary agreement between the Twenty-seven in the air at the start of the meeting of heads of state and government. The Polish EU Minister, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek, has defended on Twitter that Warsaw has always been in solidarity with Ukraine, “from the beginning”, but sees no reason to tie macro-financial aid from 18,000 million euros to the so-called Second Pillar of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The agreement to unlock macro-financial aid of 18,000 million to Ukraine was closed last Monday at the ambassadorial level, as part of a “package” which also included the agreement for a minimum rate of 15% in Corporate Tax, the freezing of regional funds to Hungary and the green light to the recovery plan of this country.
However, the agreement was pending approval of the capitals through a simplified procedure that expired on Wednesday, but that Poland -with reserves at a rate of 15%- has asked to be extended until noon this Thursday, so the agreement is in the air at the same time that the heads of state and government meet at a summit in Brussels.
