(Bloomberg) --
Denmark would support an European Union-wide agreement to the digital tax controversy should a global deal fail, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told an EU conference in Copenhagen.
“A year ago, the Danish government did not want a joint European digital tax. Today the Danish government does,” Frederiksen said in her first major speech on the EU since assuming office in June.
Under the previous center-right administration led by Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark was one of the few European countries to oppose a digital tax targeting major U.S. companies for fear of retaliatory measures against its own multinationals.
The European Commission says it’s willing to look into an EU-wide proposal should efforts to reach a global solution fail.
Participants from more than 135 nations will meet at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris on Wednesday to approve the architecture for a global deal.
Speaking at a conference organized by the Danish Europa think tank, Frederiksen listed climate change and migration as the EU’s biggest challenges.
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Christian Wienberg at cwienberg@bloomberg.net, Nick Rigillo
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