EU Weighs New Tax Rules That Would Cover Vapes for the First Time

Fact-check index: 58/100 — The article's core facts about the TTD proposal and Parliament/Council status are directly supported by the Euronews source, but the unanimity/veto claim and the closing analytical framing go beyond what the cited source material establishes.

• Commission proposes rewriting EU tobacco tax rules for first time in a decade via Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD) — Source states 'biggest overhaul of tobacco taxation in a decade' and names the TTD.
• TTD would raise cigarette taxes and, for first time, tax vapes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches EU-wide — Source confirms TTD 'raises taxes on cigarettes and introduces taxes on vapes, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches.'
• European Parliament has already rejected its own position on the file — Source states 'After the Parliament rejected its position...'
• Council negotiations are still ongoing — Source states 'Council negotiations continue.'
• Tax policy is one of few EU areas where a single member state can block the rest; all 27 governments must agree in Council for the directive to become law — This unanimity requirement is not stated in the provided source excerpt; it is a plausible general fact about EU tax policy but not established by the cited material.
• The next test is whether 27 governments can agree on higher taxes for products that barely existed commercially when the current directive was written — Framed as analysis; the 'decade-old directive' basis is supported, but the specific claim about products 'barely existing commercially' and the 27-government framing are not directly sourced.