法国希望谷歌缴纳的数十亿欧元欧盟罚款能降低成员国向欧盟预算的缴款。
France wants the billions of euros Google has paid in EU fines to lower what member states pay into the bloc’s budget.
据路透社报道,负责欧洲事务的部长级代表本雅明·阿达周二在接受法国新闻电视台采访时提出了这一主张。
Benjamin Haddad, the Minister Delegate for European Affairs, made the case in an interview with the TV channel Franceinfo on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
阿达表示:“这是欧盟一项价值46亿欧元的新收入来源,应自动降低所有成员国的缴款额。”
“This is a new revenue source for the European Union, worth €4.6 billion, that should automatically lower the contributions of all member states,” Haddad said.
他未具体说明该数字指代哪项罚款;最近最大的一笔是因安卓系统被处以的41.25亿欧元罚款,欧盟最高法院于7月2日在历经八年法律诉讼后确认了该判决。
He didn’t specify which penalty the figure refers to; the largest recent one is the €4.125bn fine for Android, a decision confirmed by the EU’s highest court on 2 July after an eight-year legal battle.
据欧洲通讯社称,加上利息后,该罚款总额约为47亿欧元。在近二十年的反垄断案件中,布鲁塞尔已累计对谷歌处以总计103.8亿欧元的罚款。
When interest is taken into account, that fine amounts to around €4.7bn, as stated by Agence Europe. Across almost two decades of competition cases, Brussels has now fined Google a total of €10.38bn.
其中包括7月份的8.9亿欧元罚款,这是依据《数字市场法案》开出的首张罚单,理由是谷歌在搜索中偏袒自家服务,并阻止应用开发者引导用户寻找更优惠的交易。
That includes €890m in July, the first penalty under the Digital Markets Act, for favoring its own services in search and blocking app developers from pointing users to cheaper deals.
根据现行规则,已成最终裁决的罚款已纳入欧盟总预算,并会在入账当年或次年减少国家缴款。
Under current rules, fines that become final are already included in the EU’s general budget and reduce national contributions, either in the year they are booked or the next.
法国希望获得一项明确承诺,确保谷歌缴纳的罚款按上述方式处理。据欧洲通讯社报道,本月初,总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔内致信欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩,要求确保这笔意外之财能减少国家缴款。
France wants a firm promise that the Google money will be treated that way. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu wrote to Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, asking her to ensure the windfall reduces national payments, Agence Europe reported.
成员国目前正就2028至2034年预算进行谈判,计划于10月、11月和12月举行峰会,力争在年底前达成协议。双方在预算规模及用途上仍存在分歧。
Member states are now bargaining over the 2028 to 2034 budget, with summits planned in October, November and December to reach a deal by the end of the year. They remain split on both how big it should be and what it should pay for.
欧盟委员会的草案将七年预算定在约2万亿欧元,相当于欧盟国民总收入的1.26%。
The Commission’s draft puts the seven-year budget at about €2tn, equal to 1.26% of the bloc’s gross national income.
根据该计划,法国的年均缴款将从260亿欧元增至360亿欧元。这是法国参议院的估算,参议院称,若欧盟未能就新收入来源达成一致,账单将达到420亿欧元。
Under that plan, France’s average yearly payment would rise from €26bn to €36bn. That is the estimate of the French Senate, which says the bill would reach €42bn if the EU fails to agree on new sources of revenue.
与此同时,谷歌在另一战线上与欧盟交锋。周一,谷歌请求欧盟法院推翻要求其共享搜索数据并向竞争对手AI助手开放安卓系统的命令。
The push comes as Google fights the EU on another front. On Monday, it asked an EU court to overturn orders to share search data and open Android to rival AI assistants.