German digital ministry treads cautiously over online platform levy

Germany’s new digital ministry said any levy on online platforms would have to be internationally coordinated and not result in higher prices for end consumers, in a sign on Friday of possible divisions within government over plans for such a tax.

The minister of state for culture Wolfram Weimer had said in an interview published on Thursday that officials were working on a levy which would hit platforms such as Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook.

A levy of 10% would be reasonable, he said – without specifying if this were a tax on revenue or…