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# SPD proposes digital tax on US platforms to fund German media
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-26-germany-spd-digital-tax-us-platforms/
- Published: 2026-01-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:24.000Z
- Description: The SPD presidium, led by finance minister Lars Klingbeil, resolved on 26 January 2026 to push for a digital tax on high-reach online platforms and a local investment duty on streaming services, to fund German journalism.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported

Reported [Handelsblatt, 26 January 2026](https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/it-medien/streaming-klingbeil-fordert-digitalsteuer-und-streamingdienst-abgabe/100194739.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish a tax rate, revenue estimate or cabinet decision, since it is a governing party's internal policy resolution, not draft legislation.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. SPD internal proposal for tax on US platforms; no rate, bill or cabinet decision. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)