Energy giants resist skyrocketing tax on profits

European energy giants are resisting Brussels’ plan to impose a special tax on superprofits stemming from soaring world oil, gas and coal prices. They might indeed win their case. The Ministers of Energy of the Twenty-Seven who meet Friday in Brussels might indeed bury the initiative. The two previous meetings devoted to this subject had resulted in no decision.

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