French National Assembly passes 0.055 euro per GB data tax amendment at first reading, with game downloads and cloud gaming costs tallied

On October 30, France's National Assembly passed amendment I-1358 during first reading of the 2027 budget bill, proposing a 0.055 euro tax per gigabyte that content providers deliver to French users. At that rate a 100 GB game download would incur about 5.50 euros in tax, and cloud gaming at roughly 10 GB per hour about 0.55 euros. The amendment still faces the Senate, and the article notes that some backers admitted voting for it by mistake.