A tax reform worth having.(Opinion)(Brief Article)

A Brussels initiative to harmonize car taxes across the European Union will face an uphill struggle with national governments that are keen to retain control of their own revenue generation.

That's a pity.

The EU's 25 member countries now have vastly different car-registration taxes. Danes can pay as much as 173 percent on top of the net price when they buy a car, Italians a mere 1 percent.

Without more harmonization, it will be difficult to create the level European playing field that consumers would like to see.

Brussels also wants to bring the core taxes levied on car ...