Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-05-Speech-4-074"
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"en.20010705.4.4-074"2
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"We have today voted against all calls to introduce a direct EU tax. We do not think that a tax specific to the EU would be a good idea at all. It is very doubtful whether such an EU tax would strengthen people’s attachment to, and enthusiasm for, EU cooperation. Any EU tax would become part of a complex interplay involving national taxes, and there would be cause to fear that it would become difficult for national governments to supervise the combined tax burden. It is therefore impossible to guarantee that the introduction of an EU tax would not involve further burdens for tax payers. The introduction of an EU tax also looks like a step in the direction of a more federal EU, which is something neither we nor the majority of Europeans support."@en1
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