Six EU member states requested that the European Commission introduce a windfall tax on energy companies.

Omissions

• The letter specifically targets the windfall profits of oil companies; the MEP's phrasing 'energy companies' is a slight generalisation, though oil companies are part of the energy sector.
• Earlier in the same year (April 2026) the same request was made by only five member states (Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria); Poland joined later, which is how the count rose to six.
• All corroborating sources are secondary (news outlets reporting on the same letter); the original letter to the Commission could not be located directly within the search limit.

Sources

• SecondaryEuronewsSix EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East... six EU countries, including Germany and Italy, want finance ministers to discuss the levy.
• SecondaryReutersSix European Union countries want the 27-nation EU to discuss in September a mechanism to tax windfall profits of oil companies triggered...
• SecondaryEunewsThe finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Spain, and Portugal signed the letter.
• SecondaryTax FoundationFive EU Member States are asking the European Commission to consider taxing windfall profits from high energy prices.