[Six EU Countries Call for Taxation on Oil Companies] BlockBeats News, August 24, the finance ministers of six EU member states—Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and Austria—recently jointly sent a letter to Ireland, the rotating presidency of the EU, urging EU member states to discuss a mechanism at the EU finance ministers' meeting in September to impose taxes on oil companies that have gained 'windfall profits' due to the Hormuz Strait blockade and energy supply shocks.