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EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europe
The EU will charge an extra €2 "processing fee" on parcels imported into the European Union from Sunday November 1st in a bid to reduce the influx of cheap Chinese products bought on the internet. The fee is on top of the recent €3 EU tax added on "small parcels".
Advanced analysis (spheres, detailed sources, paid analyses)
Event date
exact date
Coverage
9 outlets · 9 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Italy +3
English
Countries concerned
European Union
Diplomacy · intensity 0.0 · tone 0.00
In 5 seconds
Covered mainly by the Western sphere (100%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
Western 100%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 0%
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
In 30 seconds
- Confirmed by 10 outlets in 9 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
- Propagation: first reported by thelocal.it (Italy), . 9 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
Headline clash across the four spheres
Western
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.it · Italy
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.ch · Switzerland
Sino-Russian & BRICS
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Arab-Muslim world
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Global South
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
Coverage analysis
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Event sources
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.itItalyItaly → Unknown countryEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.chMCSwitzerland → Unknown countryEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.noMCNorway → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.atMCAustria → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.dkMCDenmark → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europefeeds.thelocal.comMCMonaco → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.esMCMonaco → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.deMCGermany → European UnionEnglish
- EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europethelocal.seMCSweden → European UnionEnglish
- Nova taxa de 2 euros sobre encomendas fora da UEObservadorPortugalPortugal → PortugalPortuguese