https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-tax-digital-france/french-minister-le-maire-insists-eu-is-close-to-digital-tax-deal-idUSKCN1NH0N4 >French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that a European Union plan to tax big internet firms such as Google and Facebook was close to being struck, despite several EU governments having pushed back against the idea.