Heineken Backs European
Brewers on Taxing Issues
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At the Beer Serves Europe event in October, The Brewers of Europe, representing around 4,000
brewers, sent a joint message to EU legislators and national governments. A high-level panel
discussion, which included two senior Heineken executives, delivered the clear but friendly message:
Hefty beer taxes are unfair, jeopardise European recovery and put thousands of jobs at risk.
The European brewing sector which employs
over 2.5 million people could be at risk
World of Heineken 43 - winter 2010