French Parliament Adds Data Traffic Tax to 2027 Budget Draft

The narrow 11-10 vote signals this is a contested, provisional clause rather than settled policy, and the per-gigabyte design targets content providers by traffic volume, which puts large streaming and platform services most directly in scope. The stated 10 billion euro annual figure is the claim to scrutinize, since it depends on assumptions about taxable traffic that the draft does not establish. Whether the clause survives later budget stages, and how the per-gigabyte base is ultimately defined, is the open question for affected providers.